title: Missed injury - decreasing morbidity and mortality: a literature review.
abstract: This brief literature review examines the causes of missed injury, the typical clinical pictures that are associated with missed injury and techniques and procedures to help avoid missing injury in the light of the recent literature, while highlighting the cost implications for clinicians.
authors.affiliation: Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital / Deptt of Surgery, Univerity of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban. timothyhar@ialch.co.za
authors.forename: Timothy C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Hardcastle
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009017:Morbidity; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality*