DIAGNOSTIC ERROR OF MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION - CLINICAL AND FORENSIC ASPECTS

Authors
HEINEMANN A MEINERTZ T PUSCHEL K
Citation
A. Heinemann et al., DIAGNOSTIC ERROR OF MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION - CLINICAL AND FORENSIC ASPECTS, Die medizinische Welt, 46(10), 1995, pp. 487-491
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Die medizinische Welt → ACNP
ISSN journal
00258512
Volume
46
Issue
10
Year of publication
1995
Pages
487 - 491
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-8512(1995)46:10<487:DEOM-C>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
At the Institute for Legal Medicine in Hamburg misdiagnosed fatalities caused by myocardial infarction were analysed. Typical situations tha t were responsible for the doctor's diagnostic error are demonstrated. Some cases exhibited a ''classical'' history and clinical symptoms; t he false diagnosis and insufficient treatment was avoidable. In other cases the clinical symptoms were extremely uncharacteristic and mitiga ted. Forensic aspects in connection with this kind of maltreatment are discussed.