#131 A Case of Cough and Dyspnea

Hone your diagnostic skills with this mystery case of cough and dyspnea http://hdx.org/pdp (click link to follow along). The Curbsiders deconstruct the case and discuss their diagnostic schemas for these common problems with the help of returning guest, Reza Manesh MD, editor of Global Morning Report at The Human Diagnosis Project aka Human Dx.

Use this link http://hdx.org/pdp to follow along with the case on the Human Dx app or website and check out more Global Morning Report cases.

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Written and produced by: Hannah R Abrams

Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, Paul Williams MD, Stuart Brigham MD

Edited by: Matthew Watto MD

Guest: Reza Manesh MD

Special thanks to: Steph Sherman, Zaven Sargsyan, Anand Jagannath, John Inou Hwang, and Rabih Geha for contributing and editing the cases; and to Tyler Brandon for helping to coordinate these wonderful episodes.

• 00:00 Announcement, disclaimer, intro, guest bio
• 03:13 When and how to practice clinical reasoning
• 05:53 Creating diagnostic schemas and Clinical Problem Solvers Podcast
• 09:40 A bit on Human Dx and the show format
• 12:00 Case of a 40 yo male with a cough
• 23:22 Some insights from Reza on “signal versus noise”
• 37:10 Case conclusion/answer, cognitive autopsy and Reza’s take home points
• 45:36 Outro