Misdiagnoses in the Context of Suspected Pandemic Influenza or Coronavirus Disease 2019 : A Systematic Review

© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America..

There have been numerous reports of patients initially misdiagnosed in the 2009 H1N1 influenza and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemics within the literature. A systematic review was undertaken to collate misdiagnoses during the H1N1 and COVID-19 pandemics and identify which cognitive biases may contribute to this. MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane and MedRxiv databases were searched for misdiagnoses or cognitive biases resulting in misdiagnosis, occurring during the H1N1 or COVID-19 virus pandemics. Eligible studies were assessed for quality using JBI criteria; primary outcome was the final diagnosis. Sixty-nine studies involving 2551 participants were included. We identified 686 cases of misdiagnosis, categorized as viral respiratory infection, other respiratory infection, non-respiratory infection, and non-infective. Misdiagnoses are listed and relevant investigations are offered. No article described prospective assessment of decision making in the pandemic setting or debiasing diagnostic thinking. Further research is required to understand why misdiagnoses occur and harm arises and how clinicians can be assisted in their decision making in a pandemic context.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Open forum infectious diseases - 9(2022), 11 vom: 25. Nov., Seite ofac515

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bray, Lucy [VerfasserIn]
Meznikova, Katerina [VerfasserIn]
James, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Rislan, Razan [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Rahul [VerfasserIn]
Mason, Pavan [VerfasserIn]
Staniland, Tim [VerfasserIn]
Lillie, Patrick [VerfasserIn]
Barlow, Gavin [VerfasserIn]
Easom, Nicholas [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cognitive bias
Coronavirus
Influenza
Journal Article
Misdiagnosis
Respiratory virus pandemic
Review

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Date Revised 08.11.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/ofid/ofac515

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NLM348545991