Why do young children get misdiagnosed more often than adults and what can parents do to fix that? This column, Dx IQ #3, is filled with hea

(The following was part of a series of columns entitled Dx IQ from the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine to help you understand how important your role is in getting properly diagnosed. Sadly, SIDM is gone and any links to their website are broken.) What do these stories have in common? A “funny” pain in a neck is ignored until it’s almost too late. A physician treats a patient for anxiety but misses the signs of a failing heart valve. An issue with blood flow to the