Incidence of Diagnostic Error in Peripheral Vascular Disease Among Primary Care Physicians

In Canada, vascular surgeons are also vascular specialists, because there does not exist a corresponding medical specialist who manages vascular disease. They are responsible for the diagnosis, medical, surgical and endovascular management of peripheral vascular disease. With an aging population, this places a large burden on the vascular surgeon. It is postulated that many referrals sent to the vascular surgeon are a misdiagnosis from the referring physician. As such, this report sets out to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of primary care physicians when diagnosing peripheral vascular disease.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - September 19, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Maged Metias, Jennifer Armstrong, Vikram Iyer, David Szalay, Theodore Rapanos, John Harlock Tags: Abstracts from the 2019 Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery Annual Meeting Source Type: research