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Table 1 Overview of the primary complaint, the alternative (incorrect) diagnostic suggestion and the correct diagnostic suggestion

From: Does a suggested diagnosis in a general practitioners’ referral question impact diagnostic reasoning: an experimental study

 

No suggestion

Correct suggestion

Incorrect suggestion

Case 1

Abdominal pain

Ovarian torsion

Appendicitis

Case 2

Painful leg

Erysipelas

Deep vein thrombosis

Case 3

Dyspnea

Heart failure

Pneumonia

Case 4

Epigastric pain

Pancreatitis

Cholecystitis

Case 5

Retrosternal pain

Peptic ulcer

Myocardial infarction

Case 6

Colic

Gallstone

Kidney stone