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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 2/2016

01-02-2016 | Exercises in Clinical Reasoning

Managing Cognitive Load to Uncover an Unusual Cause of Syncope: Exercises in Clinical Reasoning

Authors: Christopher Small, M.D., Andrew M. Land, M.D., Steven A. Haist, M.D., M.S., Carlos A. Estrada, M.D., M.S., Erin D. Snyder, M.D.

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 2/2016

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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
Managing Cognitive Load to Uncover an Unusual Cause of Syncope: Exercises in Clinical Reasoning
Authors
Christopher Small, M.D.
Andrew M. Land, M.D.
Steven A. Haist, M.D., M.S.
Carlos A. Estrada, M.D., M.S.
Erin D. Snyder, M.D.
Publication date
01-02-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 2/2016
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-015-3534-9

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