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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 1/2017

01-01-2017 | Clinical Practice: Exercises in Clinical Reasoning

Stressing Signal Versus Noise: An Exercise in Clinical Reasoning

Authors: Neha Gupta, M.D., Kenneth Feingold, M.D., Gurpreet Dhaliwal, M.D.

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 1/2017

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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
Stressing Signal Versus Noise: An Exercise in Clinical Reasoning
Authors
Neha Gupta, M.D.
Kenneth Feingold, M.D.
Gurpreet Dhaliwal, M.D.
Publication date
01-01-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 1/2017
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-016-3887-8

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