A Clinical Case: Elevated Procalcitonin level in a cancer patient with an infection
Introduction Procalcitonin is a hormone synthesized in the neuroendocrine cells of the thyroid gland, and it is a precursor for
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Category: Clinical Reasoning
Case analysis under the concepts of Diagnostic Improvement, showing the cognitive and systemic biases implicated in a Diagnostic problem.
The Young Doctors Reasoning and the Chinese Pharmacy
Opinion Article Objective There have been many papers describing the differences in clinical reasoning between young and more experienced professionals.
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Clinical reasoning: When the symptoms of the patient fit the Data Base
Objective When a disease is not common and their signs and symptoms can be shared with other entities, a particular
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Clinical Reasoning Crossword: Meningoencephalitis
Introduction Meningoencephalitis means the “inflammation” of the meninges and the brain (enkéfalos in the Greek language). The origin is usually
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Clinical reasoning: Edema, Orthopnea
Objective The main objective of this case is to show that representation is a strong bias, and the only possible
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Clinical Reasoning: Watery Diarrhea and Immunotherapy
Clinical case A 55-year-old man had a diagnosis of laryngeal cancer three years ago. He was treated with partial laryngectomy,
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