Delayed Diagnosis

Hispanic adults presenting with chest pain may experience up to a 28-minute delay in triage and disposition from the ED when compared with patients from other backgrounds, possibly due to undocumented status, researchers reported.

Geisinger Health System is working to develop a tool that it said will dramatically lower the time it takes to diagnose rare conditions with a genetic cause.

Late-stage breast cancer diagnoses were more common following shutdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research presented at ASCO 2021.

European patients with axial spondyloarthritis wait an average of more than 7 years between the first appearance of symptoms and receiving a diagnosis, according to data published in Rheumatology.

Black college athletes demonstrated less knowledge of concussions than white college athletes, despite NCAA requirements for concussion education among athletes, according to results from a cross-sectional study.

Patients with focal nonmotor seizures experienced a delay from first seizure to diagnosis that was 10 times longer than patients with motor seizures at the time of onset, according to findings published in Epilepsia.

Healio spoke with Linda Nguyen, MD, about distinguishing between IBS-C, CIC and other types of constipation, new developments in IBS-C, considerations of the low FODMAP diet and the need for better IBS diagnosis.