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Clinical Reasoning Corner: Likelihood Ratios

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Clinical Reasoning Corner: Likelihood Ratios By Jack Penner Welcome back, Clinical Problem Solvers! Thank you for reading the latest post in our “Clinical Reasoning Corner”, where we discuss key clinical reasoning principles that shape how we think through cases. To do that, we need to rely on LRs.

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WDx Clinical Unknown with Dr. Steph Sherman and the CPSolvers

The Clinical Problem Solvers

[link] Dr. Steph Sherman, Lindsey , Emma , and Sharmin tackle a case presented by Anna Want to learn more about Women in Diagnosis (WDx) series? She spends her free time with her husband, fellow clinical problem solver Zaven Sargsyan, and their ever-more-mobile 8-month-old son. Blog post – by Smitha Want to test your learning?

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Dementia complicates cancer care, increasing risk of poorer clinical outcome and patient experience

Medical Xpress

Pre-existing dementia complicates cancer care and increases the risk of worse clinical outcomes and inferior patient experience, according to a review of studies exploring the intersection of dementia and cancer.

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Why Identifying and Managing Giant Cell Arteritis as an Emergency Is Crucial

Physician's Weekly

Leonard Calabrese, DO, Paras Karmacharya, MD, MS, and Adam Kilian, MD, break down why giant cell arteritis (GCA) demands immediate action, explain how to confirm diagnosis quickly, and what same-day treatment options like upadacitinib (Rinvoq) mean for patient care. Video Transcript: Hi, this is Dr. Len Calabrese. Hello everyone.

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A deeper dive into GPA – Jack Penner

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Welcome back, Clinical Problem Solvers! However, the patient continued to be symptomatic and he returned for further evaluation. A lung biopsy demonstrated necrotizing granulomatous inflammation, and a diagnosis of GPA was made. In this post we’ll dive deeper into our illness script for Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA).

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Overtreatment of prostate cancer in the active surveillance era

Common Sense Family Doctor

Concerns about overdiagnosis of clinically insignificant prostate cancer through prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening motivated the 2018 American Academy of Family Physicians’ (AAFP) recommendation against routine screening for prostate cancer. Watchful waiting refers to clinical observation only. A recent analysis of the U.S.

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Reasoning during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Had the ED not ordered a chest CT, would I have tested this patient for COVID-19? Would I’ve been able to reason my way to his underlying diagnosis from the initial data? I find it awe-inspiring to listen to clinicians pick up on subtle clues and use both intuitive and analytic reasoning to reach a final diagnosis.

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