REVIEW

 

Missed injury - decreasing morbidity and mortality: A literature review

 

 

Timothy C. Hardcastle

M.B. Ch.B., M.Med. (chir.), F.C.S. (S.A.); Trauma Unit, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, and Department of Surgery, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban

 

 

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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.

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