underdiagnosis
under-diagnosis

Besides potential cases of overdiagnosis, there could also be issues with underdiagnosis.

Or would that only increase the risk of underdiagnosis and undertreatment for teenagers who have attention problems?

This consideration has led to concerns about the potential for both underdiagnosis and overdiagnosis.

As stated previously, underdiagnosis is also believed to be seen in more underprivileged communities.

But the decrease may merely reflect underdiagnosis or underreporting of cases, she said.

This approach may have led to underdiagnosis of some of the pulmonary complications.

It is perceived underdiagnosis that arouses legal and moral wrath.

Underdiagnosis of asthma - are we to blame.

Reasons for the decrease in cases may include under-recognition and underdiagnosis of cases.

There is the legal system that will punish us for underdiagnosis, but not for overdiagnosis.

Underdiagnosis may reflect lack of familiarity of this syndrome in the scientific and medical community.

We do not know the full extent of disease in comunities because of under-reporting and underdiagnosis.

This nihilistic approach to pulmonary arterial hypertension may also contribute to underdiagnosis.

Underdiagnosis and overdiagnosis may be problems.

High-sensitivity cardiac troponin and the underdiagnosis of myocardial infarction in women.

This suggests melioidosis is endemic to Bangladesh and a problem of underdiagnosis or under-reporting exists there.

Either way -- underdiagnosis or overdiagnosis -- there's no room for error."

Underdiagnosis and misdiagnosis are common.

So is underdiagnosis.

Research on gender differences also reveals an argument for underdiagnosis of ADHD among girls.

"It's a consistent pattern of what we're interpreting as comparative underdiagnosis for minority populations," he told Reuters Health.

The new study can't prove the findings represent underdiagnosis of minorities, rather than overdiagnosis of white children, according to Froehlich.

Just as there are reports of overdiagnosis, so too are there reports of underdiagnosis.

Underdiagnosis and misdiagnosis hinder epidemiological information about the condition and may have led to its prevalence being underestimated.

One study estimated a minimal rate of 170 POTS cases per 100,000 individuals, but the true prevalence is likely higher due to underdiagnosis.

"This, in our view, would represent a substantial degree of under-diagnosis."

However this could be due to under-diagnosis and under-reporting in other ethnic groups.

However, there seemed to be more over-diagnosis than under-diagnosis.

Other researchers say inadequate testing could indicate an under-diagnosis.

Discussion Asymptomatic infections likely result in under-diagnosis of cases(4).

• Denial and memory lapses can contribute to under-diagnosis of substance use problems.

Under-diagnosis, misdiagnosis and under-treatment of mental illness can result in poor outcomes.

Manukau mental health workers are concerned says the news item that there is a huge under-diagnosis of depression and suicide among older people.

Consequently, a potential for under-diagnosis exists.

One reason for its under-diagnosis is that exercise-induced asthma regularly occurs in people with no history of asthma.

Moreover, according to one author, there is evidence that under-diagnosis of asthma is significantly greater in teenagers than in any other group.

LAM is an uncommon condition occurring in 1-5/million women, although substantial under-diagnosis is likely.

There have been attempts to categorize, but there are no definitive answers yet due to the under-diagnosis and small/biased sample sizes.

"In many regions, under-diagnosis and under-treatment of ADHD are also a significant concern," she said.

And those include not just mis-diagnosis and over-medication of children but mistreatment and even under-diagnosis in some situations.

Public health officials, also, recognize that under-diagnosis is a major barrier to effectively addressing COPD.

It is recognised that coeliac disease is commoner than previously thought, and the under-diagnosis and mis-diagnosis may be common in general practice.

This was done to help solve the concerns of under-diagnosis of AIDS in women, injecting drug users and others.

Early findings demonstrate that women have lower peak levels of troponin than men, contributing to the under-diagnosis and therefore under-treatment of heart attacks for women.

• Under-diagnosis of alcohol use problems and medication misuse can be addressed by training and education of health professionals, family members and seniors.

Todd Elder, author of the Michigan study, said the problem may be not be over-diagnosis of younger children but under-diagnosis of older ones.

Although the classifications are well defined, it is rare for a case to fit neatly in a single category, and cross-over symptoms lead to under-diagnosis or mis-diagnosis.

Only one third of the people with Alzheimer's are diagnosed, but the problem of under-diagnosis of people with alcohol-related memory impairment could be even greater."

Because bipolar disorder can have a high rate of both under-diagnosis and misdiagnosis, it is often difficult for individuals with the condition to receive timely and competent treatment.

Lack of reporting and under-diagnosis of STDs are likely to result in an underestimate of the actual rates of infections among offenders.