Delayed Diagnosis

Prior to being diagnosed with bronchiectasis, many patients reported living with symptoms for multiple years, according to results published in European Respiratory Journal.

Despite being one of the most prevalent autoimmune diseases in the United States, Sjögren’s disease remains shrouded behind significant misconceptions and knowledge gaps that can delay diagnosis and appropriate treatment.

Delayed diagnosis of congenital optic disc abnormalities increases the risk for complications and may affect visual prognosis, according to a study published in the Open Journal of Ophthalmology.

Although there are no current reliable tests and few treatments for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, which affects about 40,000 individuals in the U.S., recent FDA approvals have made treatments a possibility.

Many factors have contributed to the recent surge in adult ADHD diagnoses, but the rise is mostly reflective of what has always existed and gone undetected, according to experts.

A delayed diagnosis of appendicitis was associated with an increase in hospital care costs in a cohort of adults who underwent appendectomy, particularly among non-Hispanic Black patients, according to data in JAMA Network Open.

Most patients with recent-onset chronic back pain suspected of axial spondyloarthritis can be “unequivocally and reliably diagnosed” at their first rheumatology visit, according to data published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

NEW YORK — Speakers at the Skin of Color Update 2023 meeting discussed the additional diagnostic criteria that are necessary to consider in order to properly diagnose eczema in patients with skin of color.

GPT-4 performed with a greater accuracy than clinicians and a decision-support system when diagnosing complex cases, a recent study in JAMA Network Open found.