Case Report
Death of a 29-Year-Old Male from Undifferentiated Sepsis
Table 1
RCA for death of 29-year-old male from disseminated tuberculosis.
| Problem | Patient died of undiagnosed disseminated tuberculosis |
| Why? | Tuberculosis not on differential diagnosis |
| Why? | Cognitive bias during diagnosis | Lack of awareness of infliximab use and associated adverse effects |
| Why? | No interspecialty case conference | No tool used to prevent bias during diagnosis | No centralized medication listing across hospitals | No red-flagging for high-risk medications | Incomplete handover between physicians during transfers |
| Why? | | | | Incomplete medication postmarketing surveillance | |
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