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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 ... #Diagnosis #Metacognition ... 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 ... diseases, describe clinical ... but not on the causal ... #calculations #diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis of Syncope
First, is it syncope? History is very important for distinguishing syncope from other
Differential Diagnosis ... Syncope First, is ... Ask about precipitating ... #Diagnosis #EM # ... #Differential #
Common Cognitive Biases 

Confirmation bias - 
To look for or to interpret evidence to support 
prior
Confirmation bias ... information is ... #Diagnosis #Metacognition ... Biases #Types #Causes ... #Differential #
Causes of Orthopnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Fear and Anxiety
 • Pleural Effusion
 • Ascites
Causes of Orthopnea ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... CNS lesion: ALS, MS ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Positive Lachman test in ACL Injury

Here is an exam of a patient under anesthesia with an
Injury Here is ... That causes the ... Positive #ACLTear #clinical ... #video #PhysicalExam ... cruciate #ligament #msk
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
frequently benign causes ... syncope (ruling out differential ... diagnoses), ruling ... Further diagnostics ... should be guided by clinical
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 #
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • Bursitis • IBD ... #extremity #msk ... #physicalexam
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK ... tibial tuberosity Differential ... diagnosis: • Sinding-Larsen-Johansson ... #Radiology #diagnosis ... #msk