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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 9/2019

01-09-2019 | Typhoid Fever | Clinical Practice: Exercises in Clinical Reasoning

Mind the Base Rate: an Exercise in Clinical Reasoning

Authors: Paul B. Aronowitz, MD, Donna M. Williams, MD, Mark C. Henderson, MD, Lisa G. Winston, MD

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 9/2019

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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 (italic) is interspersed throughout the discussion. …
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Metadata
Title
Mind the Base Rate: an Exercise in Clinical Reasoning
Authors
Paul B. Aronowitz, MD
Donna M. Williams, MD
Mark C. Henderson, MD
Lisa G. Winston, MD
Publication date
01-09-2019
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 9/2019
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-05053-z

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