The foreign body that never was: the effects of confirmation bias

Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2017 Jun 2;78(6):350-351. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2017.78.6.350.

Authors

Dominic Pang¹, Anthony Bleetman², David Bleetman³, Max Wynne⁴

Affiliations

¹ Core Surgical Trainee, Department of Surgery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen.
² Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Emergency Department, Rotherham General Hospital, Rotherham S60 2UD.
³ Core Surgical Trainee, Department of Surgery, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol.
⁴ Undergraduate Student, School of Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol.

PMID: 28614014
DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2017.78.6.350

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bias*
Cannula*
Catheterization, Peripheral
Computed Tomography Angiography
Diagnostic Errors*
Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging*
Foreign Bodies / surgery
Hand / diagnostic imaging*
Hand / surgery
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
Radiography
Ultrasonography
Unnecessary Procedures*