Clinicopathological discrepancies in the diagnoses of childhood causes of death in the CHAMPS network: An analysis of antemortem diagnostic inaccuracies.
Haleluya LeulsegedChristine BethencourtKitiezo Aggrey IgunzaVictor AkeloDickens OnyangoRichard OmoreIkechukwu U OgbuanuSoter AmehAndrew MoserayDickens KowuorIma-Abasi BasseyShams El ArifeenEmily S GurleyMohammad Zahid HossainAfruna RahmanMuntasir AlamNega AssefaLola MadridAddisu AlemuYasir Y AbdullahiKaren L KotloffSamba O SowMilagritos D TapiaNana KouroumaSeydou SissokoSozinho AcácioRosauro VaroInácio MandomandoCarla CarrilhoNatalia RakislovaFabiola FernandesShabir MadhiZiyaad DangorSana MahtabMartin HaleVicky BaillieJeanie du ToitZachary J MadewellDianna M BlauRoosecelis B MartinesPortia C MutevedziRobert F BreimanCynthia G WhitneyChris A Reesnull nullPublished in: BMJ paediatrics open (2024)
Antemortem clinical diagnostic errors were common for young children who died in areas with high childhood mortality rates. To further reduce childhood mortality in resource-limited settings, there is an urgent need to improve antemortem diagnostic capability through advances in the availability of diagnostic testing and clinical skills.