Sunday 6 April 2014

Research Finds ER Doctors Commonly Miss More Strokes Among Women, Minorities and Younger Patients

Doctors overlook or discount the early signs of potentially disabling strokes in tens of thousands of Americans each year, a team of researchers led by a Johns Hopkins specialist has concluded. The findings from the medical records review, reported online April 3 in the journal iDiagnosis/i, show that women, minorities and people under the age of 45 who have these symptoms of stroke were significantly more likely to be misdiagnosed in the week prior to sustaining ...

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