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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 5/2011

01-05-2011 | Clinical Practice: Exercises in Clinical Reasoning

A Middle-Age Woman with Sudden Onset Dyspnea

Authors: Deepa Bhatnagar, MD, Jason L. Morris, MD, Martin Rodriguez, MD, Robert M. Centor, MD, Carlos A. Estrada, MD, MS, Lisa L. Willett, MD

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 5/2011

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In this series, a clinician extemporaneously discusses the diagnostic approach (regular text) to sequentially presented clinical information (bold). Additional commentary on the diagnostic reasoning process (italics) is integrated throughout the discussion. …
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Metadata
Title
A Middle-Age Woman with Sudden Onset Dyspnea
Authors
Deepa Bhatnagar, MD
Jason L. Morris, MD
Martin Rodriguez, MD
Robert M. Centor, MD
Carlos A. Estrada, MD, MS
Lisa L. Willett, MD
Publication date
01-05-2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 5/2011
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-011-1636-6

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