Stressing Signal Versus Noise: An Exercise in Clinical Reasoning

J Gen Intern Med. 2017 Jan;32(1):122-126. doi: 10.1007/s11606-016-3887-8. Epub 2016 Oct 31.

Authors

Neha Gupta¹, Kenneth Feingold^{2

3}, Gurpreet Dhaliwal^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA. neha616@gmail.com.
² Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
³ Medical Service, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: clinical reasoning; problem representation; signal detection theory.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Bone Neoplasms* / pathology
Bone Neoplasms* / secondary
Cushing Syndrome* / diagnosis
Cushing Syndrome* / etiology
Cushing Syndrome* / physiopathology
Cushing Syndrome* / therapy
Diagnosis, Differential
Education, Medical / methods
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Liver / pathology*
Lung Neoplasms* / pathology
Lung Neoplasms* / physiopathology
Lung Neoplasms* / therapy
Lymph Nodes / diagnostic imaging*
Male
Mediastinum
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Staging
Paraneoplastic Syndromes* / diagnosis
Paraneoplastic Syndromes* / etiology
Paraneoplastic Syndromes* / physiopathology
Paraneoplastic Syndromes* / therapy
Patient Care Management / methods*
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / methods
Psychotic Disorders* / diagnosis
Psychotic Disorders* / etiology
Radiography, Thoracic / methods
Temporal Lobe* / diagnostic imaging
Temporal Lobe* / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods