Pneumonia often misdiagnosed on patient readmissions, studies find
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
Patients were misdiagnosed with pneumonia at an alarming rate when they were readmitted to the hospital shortly after a previous hospitalization for the same illness, according to two new studies.
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