Perception in Medicine: the subtle ability to detect changes
Objective Perception is a crucial ability in Medicine, above all in the world of Radiology. Here we will show an
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There are only possible diagnoses for Sherlock Holmes: When illnesses are rare
Objective There are three considerations to make in this clinical case, the first one the importance of listening to the
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Thinking in the worst case scenario is safe, but the opposite can be true
Objective In this clinical situation we want to enhance the importance of a proper differential diagnosis in the attention of
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Heparin: When the possibility of a medical error can be so easy
Objective To show the importance of recognizing the “diagnostic momentum” with a patient and how easy it is to make
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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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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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