Errors in pediatric death certificates issued in an emergency department

Purpose Errors in pediatric death certificates (DCs) have been rarely reported. We analyzed the errors in writing the DCs issued in an emergency department (ED). Methods The DCs issued at the ED to patients aged 18 years or younger were retrospectively analyzed. Their medical records were reviewed b...

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Published in:	Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal
Main Authors:	Byeong Ju Park, Sun Hyu Kim
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Korean Society of Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2022-06-01
Subjects:	death certificates cause of death emergency service, hospital pediatrics diagnostic errors
Online Access:	http://pemj.org/upload/pdf/pemj-2022-00444.pdf

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