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Table 1 Result of discovering misdiagnosis

From: A method for exploring implicit concept relatedness in biomedical knowledge network

 

Differential diagnosis

Possible misdiagnosis diseases

Similar diseases in DO

 

diseases (number)

(N 1)

(percentage)

(N 2)

(percentage)

Type 1 diabetes

6

5

83.3 %

3

50.0 %

Acute pancreatitis

6

4

66.7 %

1

16.7 %

Sinusitis

5

4

80.0 %

2

40.0 %

Tuberculous meningitis

5

5

100.0 %

2

40.0 %

Cystitis

8

4

50.0 %

3

37.5 %

Acute tracheobronchitis

5

5

100.0 %

2

40.0 %

Average for 50 common diseases

6.2

4.5

72.6 %

2.2

35.5 %