The second day: a moment for a better calibration in clinical diagnosis
The evaluation of a patient is done in a short time In the first encounter with a patient, a physician
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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.
Why do I have shortness of breath? Is it my non Hodgkin lymphoma?
A 50-year-old- man had a diagnosis of mediastinal non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He was receiving a chemotherapy treatment with a significant reduction
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When to suspect a meningeal carcinomatosis?
A 62-year-old woman had a diagnosis of endometrial cancer. A week before she started with altered mental status, somnolence, together
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I have pain in the upper-right-quadrant
Clinical summary Patient identification: male, 57-years-old. Present diagnosis: metastatic prostate cancer (bones) , under hormonal treatment.
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“My legs are very weak and my back hurts so much”
“My legs are very weak and my back hurst so much” Author: Lorenzo Alonso FORO OSLER Clinical summary A 57-years-old-man
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Perception is influenced by the situation
Quick information A 73-year-old patient had a diagnosis of breast cancer with disseminated bone metastases. She went to the hospital
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