Factors influencing the diagnostic accuracy and management in acute surgical patients

Figure 1 Number of differential diagnoses listed by each doctor grade per patient encounter. Referring physicians (GP, A and E, and IP) rarely recorded more than one differential diagnosis. Among the surgical team, three differential diagnoses were listed most frequently, with the exception of SROC. GP: General practitioner; IP: In-patient referrer; FY1: Foundation year-1; SHO: Senior house officer; SROC: Surgical registrar on-call.