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Category Archives: Clinical Reasoning
Case analysis under the concepts of Diagnostic Improvement, showing the andcognitive and systemic bias implicated in a Diagnostic problem.
(Some) Radiographic patterns in Oncology and COVID-19
COVID-19 shares radiographic findings with others pulmonary diseases
Different types of lung injury, infectious and not infectious, can share similar or the same radiographic findings in different combinations. Ground-glass opacities, “crazy-paving” pattern, interlobular septal thickening and areas of consolidation (1), Continue reading (Some) Radiographic patterns in Oncology and COVID-19
Coronavirus Illness Script
Illness Script Definition
“Recognizable combination of symptoms and physical signs in a defined clinical context that form a discrete chunks of information that clinicians come to recognize to typify certain diagnoses” (1). Continue reading Coronavirus Illness Script
A chair, asking and listening to the patient: the key element to focus a diagnosis
A chair, asking and listening to the patient: the key element to focus a diagnosis
Patient with a previous diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer. He had a prosthesis placed on his esophagus to correct a tracheal and bronchial fistula. With this device he could eat and swallowed normally.
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Clinical reasoning in practice: a change in the voice
Clinical reasoning in practice: a change in the voice
Clinical summary
A 57-years-old man with a diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer with a mass located in the posterior area of the left lung. He was transferred to the hospital because he felt suddenly a sensation of Continue reading Clinical reasoning in practice: a change in the voice
Clinical reasoning exercise: An unexpected holidays
Objectives : To show the different theoretical approaches for a differential diagnosis: Pattern recognition , Hypothetic deductive reasoning.
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An unexpected holidays
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