Objectives : To show the different theoretical approaches for a differential diagnosis: Pattern recognition , Hypothetic deductive reasoning.
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Jacques decided to spend some days in the south of Spain. He was now a 53-year-old man with a diagnosis of systemic sclerosis two years ago, with mild pulmonary involvement and hypertension. Continue reading Clinical reasoning exercise: An unexpected holidays
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A 72-years-old woman was diagnosed with left breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and mastectomy. Three months after the mastectomy, she presented heat and pain in the surgery area, presenting subcutaneous fluid that required periodic extractions.
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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?
