TY  -  JOUR
AU  -  Ascione, Giovanni
AU  -  Scheggi, Valentina
AU  -  Del Pace, Stefano
T1  -  Diagnostic delays in modern medicine. A case report
PY  -  2024
Y1  -  2024-02-01
DO  -  10.1701/4197.41844
JO  -  Recenti Progressi in Medicina
JA  -  Recenti Prog Med
VL  -  115
IS  -  2
SP  -  95
EP  -  96
PB  -  Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore
SN  -  2038-1840
Y2  -  2026/06/21
UR  -  http://dx.doi.org/10.1701/4197.41844
N2  -  Summary. Modern medicine has evolved toward ultra-specialization and sectoralization of medical specialties. This approach may provide an advantage for the quality of care of a single disease but implies the risk of not appropriately addressing comprehensive care. It may sometimes result in overall diagnostic delays due to the prescription of additional diagnostic tests, that could be appropriate considering the single specialist approach but do not consider the overall clinical context of the patient. We describe the case of a patient with multiple comorbidities, who experienced a multiple specialistic approach, without a holistic view.
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