An elderly woman with ‘heart failure’: Cognitive biases and diagnostic error

Nikhil Mull, MD
Nikhil Mull
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Section of Hospital Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Assistant Director, Center for Evidence-based Practice, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA
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James B. Reilly, MD, MS
James B. Reilly
Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Temple University, Pittsburgh, PA
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and Jennifer S. Myers, MD
Jennifer S. Myers
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Section of Hospital Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
November 2015,
82
(11)
745-753;
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14087

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Errors in diagnosis can arise from the clinician’s cognitive biases as well as from problems in the healthcare system. Here the authors review a case with a bad outcome to analyze what went wrong and why.

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An elderly woman with ‘heart failure’: Cognitive biases and diagnostic error

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James B. Reilly

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and Jennifer S. Myers

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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

November 2015,

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(11)

745-753;

DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.82a.14087

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An elderly woman with ‘heart failure’: Cognitive biases and diagnostic error

Nikhil Mull

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James B. Reilly

James B. Reilly

and Jennifer S. Myers

Jennifer S. Myers

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

November 2015,

82

(11)

745-753;

DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.82a.14087

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