Mehdi Berrada, Didier Raboisson, Guillaume Lhermie
Effectiveness of rural internships for veterinary students to combat veterinary workforce shortages in rural areas
PloS one
diagnostic autopsy reliable approach definitively ascertain cause death evaluate accuracy antemortem clinical diagnoses identifying diagnostic discrepancies vital understanding common gaps antemortem clinical diagnoses modifying antemortem diagnostic approaches increase accuracy clinical diagnosis objective study determine frequency diagnostic discrepancies antemortem clinical diagnoses postmortem autopsies lung pathologies understand reasons diagnostic discrepancies among cases included child health mortality prevention surveillance champs ethiopia clinical case series study deaths among children underfive champs study three sites ethiopia october 2019 april 2022 conducted antemortem clinical diagnoses postmortem pathological diagnoses lung compared case two senior physicians assessed findings agreement disagreement mcnemars test used assess statistically significant differences antemortem postmortem diagnoses seventyfive cases included 733 male half 547 died 1st 7th day life sepsis 667 pneumonia 67 meconium aspiration syndrome 50 common immediate causes death half 52 cases correctly diagnosed antemortem magnitude diagnostic discrepancy 35 95 ci 2047 common contributing factors diagnostic discrepancy gaps knowledge 2275 355 problems consultation teamwork 2275 355 misdiagnoses common among young children died positive lung pathology findings inservice education initiatives multidisciplinary collaboration needed mitigate high rates diagnostic discrepancies among young children potentially prevent future deaths