A quarter of a million Americans die every year because they are misdiagnosed in the emergency room by bungling doctors, a federal report suggests.
It found lives are being lost because medics do not know how to recognize some of the lesser-known symptoms of deadly complications like strokes and heart attacks.
For example, a stroke patient who goes to the hospital with dizziness has a 14-fold increased risk of being misdiagnosed compared to more common signs like numbness and speech problems.
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