Recently we have been in the Diagnostic Error Meeting in Washington, DC. There the Professor of Surgery of Stanford University Dra. Carla M. Pugh, showed the importance of a correct clinical examination and palpation to detect a lump in the breast. Force and the technique of examination is important. There is one technique what is less effective to detect a lump in the breast, the piano player technique.
We consider that this concept is also important to detect cervical and supraclavicular lymph nodes.
Health systems are local, but the problems are global
Many patients and families spend several visits and time looking for an answer to their health problems. Across this path of uncertainty, no one is able to measure the amount of anxiety, impotence, even desperation, together with a lack of information about a proper Continue reading Should we have to introduce a “Diagnosis Rescue Team” for patients?→
This post is dedicated to the memory of FPJ who worked as a nurse and who decided to share with me her brave and realistic attitude during the course of her disease. She was also an example across the diagnostic process . She decided to share with me and the Foro Osler her history. Thank you.
