Wang Yi-Ting Laureen, Seow Swee-Chong, Singh Devinder, Poh Kian-Keong, Chai Ping
Department of Cardiology, National University Health System, Singapore.
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Singapore Med J. 2017 Sep;58(9):516-520. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2017088.
Diagnostic errors can occur when physicians rely solely on computer electrocardiogram interpretation. Cardiologists often receive referrals for computer misdiagnoses of atrial fibrillation. Patients may have been inappropriately anticoagulated for pseudo atrial fibrillation. Anticoagulation carries significant risks, and such errors may carry a high cost. Have we become overreliant on machines and technology? In this article, we illustrate three such cases and briefly discuss how we can reduce these errors.
当医生仅仅依赖计算机心电图解读时，可能会出现诊断错误。心脏病专家经常收到因计算机对房颤误诊而转来的病例。患者可能因假性房颤而接受了不适当的抗凝治疗。抗凝治疗存在重大风险，此类错误可能代价高昂。我们是否过度依赖机器和技术了呢？在本文中，我们举例说明三个这样的病例，并简要讨论如何减少这些错误。
