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I would imagine quite a bit. also, a case of "hearing hoof prints and thinking horses, not zebras." a pneumothorax (collapsed lung) that didn't show up on an
by jrnichols 10y ago
I would imagine quite a bit.
also, a case of "hearing hoof prints and thinking horses, not zebras."
a pneumothorax (collapsed lung) that didn't show up on an x-ray is what would concern me. They were focused on the most common causes of the issue they had at hand, and likely with all of the information available at the time. when the new information was available, the treatment course changed.
That's often how things work in emergency medicine.
- JshWright 10y agoI find it pretty surprising that a trauma center would miss a pneumo in a multi-system trauma pt... Perhaps the only saying more common in trauma than "if you hear hoofbeats think horses not zebras" is "the problem is caused by the trauma until proven otherwise".