Case analysis under the concepts of Diagnostic Improvement, showing the andcognitive and systemic bias implicated in a Diagnostic problem.
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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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
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
A 54-years-old-man, with a previous diagnosis of benign prostatic hyperplasia, went to the Emergency Department (ED) because of fever in the last ten days. He also referred to be unable for walking in the last two days, without strength on their legs. Continue reading Spinal cord compression: when a wider differential diagnosis is essential
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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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.
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