Medical diagnosis

Medical diagnosis (dem abbreviate am Dx, Dx, anaa Ds) be de process of determining wich disease anaa condition wey dey explain a person ein symptoms den signs. E be most often referred to as a diagnosis plus de medical context be implicit. De information dem require for a diagnosis be typically collected from a history den physical examination of de person wey dey seek medical care. Often, dem sanso dey do one anaa more diagnostic procedures, such as medical tests, during de process. Sam times de posthumous diagnosis be considered a kind of medical diagnosis.

 Adverse effects 
Diagnosis problems be de dominant cause of medical malpractice payments, wey dey account for 35% of total payments insyd a study of 25 years of data den 350,000 claims.

 Overdiagnosis 
Overdiagnosis be de diagnosis of "disease" wey never go cause symptoms anaa death during a patient ein lifetime. 

 Errors 
Most people go experience at least one diagnostic error insyd dema lifetime, according to a 2015 report by de National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2015). Balogh, Erin P; Miller, Bryan T; Ball, John R (eds.). Improving Diagnosis in Health Care. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. p. S-1. doi:10.17226/21794. ISBN 978-0-309-37769-0. PMID 26803862.

 Lag time 
Wen dem dey make a medical diagnosis, a lag time be a delay in time til a step towards dem make diagnosis of a disease anaa condition.

Dem often dey bell long lag times "diagnostic odyssey".

 Types 
Sub-types of diagnoses dey include:

 Clinical diagnosis
 Laboratory diagnosis
 Radiology diagnosis
 Electrography diagnosis
 Endoscopy diagnosis
 Tissue diagnosis
 Principal diagnosis
 Admitting diagnosis
 Differential diagnosis
 Diagnostic criteria
 Prenatal diagnosis
 Diagnosis of exclusion
 Dual diagnosis
 Self-diagnosis
 Remote diagnosis
 Nursing diagnosis
 Computer-aided diagnosis
 Overdiagnosis
 Wastebasket diagnosis
 Retrospective diagnosis

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