#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. Full show notes available at http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast. Join our mailing list and receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at [email protected]. Credits 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. Time Stamps 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