The influence of context on diagnostic reasoning: a narrative synthesis of experimental findings.
Schmidt HG, Norman GR, Mamede S, et al. The influence of context on diagnostic reasoning: a narrative synthesis of experimental findings. J Eval Clin Pract. 2024;30(6):1091-1101. doi:10.1111/jep.14023.
Cognitive biases are consistently recognized as contributors to diagnostic error. This review identifies cognitive biases that are intrinsic (e.g., "difficult" patients) and extrinsic (e.g., availability bias) to the case and that result in misdiagnosis. Continued research to mitigate cognitive biases is required.