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Cognitive bias cheat sheet - 
Because thinking is hard.

#Diagnosis #Metacognition #Cognitive #Biases #Types #Causes #Differential #MedEd
Cognitive bias cheat ... Because thinking is ... Biases #Types #Causes ... #Differential #
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
limited by quality/bias ... individual studies Clinical ... Proves cause-effect ... diseases, describe clinical ... but not on the causal
Common Cognitive Biases 

Confirmation bias - 
To look for or to interpret evidence to support 
prior
Confirmation bias ... Availability bias ... information is ... Biases #Types #Causes ... #Differential #
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... from the various causes ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... Consolidation #Differential
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
most frequently caused ... The other cause ... is interstitial ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Acute #Interstitial
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
In the proper clinical ... include the list of causes ... lobar pneumonia caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... On a CXR the most ... seen and in many cases ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... Interstitial #Pattern #Differential
Faget's Sign & Liebermeister's Rule
Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
EVERY 1 F RISE IN TEMPERATURE -> HR INCREASES 8-10 BPM
INFECTIOUS
• Drug Fever CLINICAL ... NOTE: There is ... help hone your differential ... Dissociation #diagnosis #differential ... #causes
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
frequently benign causes ... syncope (ruling out differential ... life-threatening causes ... should be guided by clinical ... depends on the cause
Sarcoidosis
In this case the chest x-ray shows subtle findings that could be described as fine reticulation.
In
Sarcoidosis In this case ... In many cases a ... HRCT is needed to ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Sarcoidosis