Primary care
Primary care is the first contact between a person with a health problem and a doctor. Nowadays, the emergency departments are also a kind of primary care to advance the outcome of a test or an appointment. In countries with a social security system people go to Continue reading Divide and conquer: a space for diagnosis in primary care
A 81-years-old woman with several diagnoses( cardiac failure, atrial fibrillation, back pain) and plenty of medication (more than 20 drugs daily) went to the Family Physician because of high fever (38 centigrades) and productive cough , Her physical examination Continue reading Cognitive Bias. Upper Urinary Tract Infection: A Dark Drawer?
A- 63-years-old woman had a diagnosis of disseminated lung cancer diagnosed three years before. She had bone metastases on her left hip and she was treated with radiotherapy.
Continue reading A clinical vignette of perception bias: when the uncommon ghange your judgment
Immunotherapy as a new therapeutic line for the treatment of cancer is now a promising true. Dr. Honjo and Dr. Allison deserve the prize for their permanent and constant research in the laboratory for more than twenty years, fighting against the
Continue reading The Nobel Prize in Medicine: Immunotherapy, where were you? Thank you for coming
This post is a humble acknowledgment to the work of Lisa Sanders, for her activity in disseminating the improvement of diagnosis, introducing the patient´s voice in their articles.
Continue reading Patient´s preferences are key for a correct diagnostic process
