False-positive test results in a patient with severe hepatitis: a teachable moment—the risk of treating the numbers

JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Feb;175(2):161-2. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.6686.

Authors

Simina R Luca¹, Mandana Kayedi¹, Brian M Wong²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada2Division of General Internal Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada3Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Faculty of Medicine, University o.

PMID: 25506679
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.6686

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diagnostic Errors / adverse effects*
Diagnostic Errors / psychology
False Positive Reactions
Hepatitis A / blood
Hepatitis A / diagnosis*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged