Development of a rubric for assessing delayed diagnosis of appendicitis, diabetic ketoacidosis and sepsis.
Kenneth A MichelsonDavid N WilliamsArianna H DartPrashant MahajanEmily L AaronsonRichard G BachurJonathan A FinkelsteinPublished in: Diagnosis (Berlin, Germany) (2020)
Multi-specialty expert reviewers can agree on the likelihood of a delayed diagnosis for cases of appendicitis and sepsis, and for most cases of DKA. We created a guide that can be used by researchers and quality improvement specialists to allow for objective case review to determine when delayed diagnoses have occurred for appendicitis, DKA, and sepsis.