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Cognitive Biases in Medicine
 • Framing Effect
 • Focusing Effect
 • Anchoric Effect
 • Bandwagon Bias
• Bandwagon Bias ... • Outcome Bias ... • Selection Bias ... Cognitive #Biases #diagnosis
Selective Publication of Antidepressant Trials

A more complete picture: contrasting the journal version of antidepressant trials with
Antidepressants #SSRIs #Evidence ... #Publication #Bias
Common Cognitive Biases 

Confirmation bias - 
To look for or to interpret evidence to support 
prior
Confirmation bias ... or to interpret evidence ... disconfirming evidence ... Availability bias ... #Diagnosis #Metacognition
Shoulder Examination

Step 1 Inspection
Step 2 Palpation (ABCs)
Step 3 Range of Motion and Strength (SITS)
Step 4 Provocative
Provocative Tests (BIAS ... #PhysicalExam #diagnosis
Cognitive bias cheat sheet - 
Because thinking is hard.

#Diagnosis #Metacognition #Cognitive #Biases #Types #Causes #Differential #MedEd
Cognitive bias cheat ... #Diagnosis #Metacognition
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
limited by quality/bias ... power) Selection bias ... recall Late-look bias ... time Lead-time bias ... #calculations #diagnosis
Acute Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram before and after TPA
POCUS Echocardiogram in suspected hypoxic COVID patient
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS ... and after TPA POCUS ... (no anchoring bias ... bedside based on POCUS ... Medicine in 2021 = POCUS
Acute Heart Failure Exacerbation - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios
+LR > 3.5:
 • Overall judgement of ED physician
Exacerbation - Diagnostic ... Adapted from JAMA Evidence ... #physicalexam #diagnosis
Point-of-care Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Abscess in Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

1. POCUS is more accurate
Ultrasound for Diagnosis ... POCUS is more accurate ... not clinically evident ... POCUS has a negative ... LikelihoodRatios #Accuracy #Diagnosis
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
antibiotics • No evidence ... stability • No evidence ... instability • Evidence ... initiation • No evidence ... Algorithm #CRBSI #diagnosis