Undiagnosed and rare diseases in critical care: the role of diagnostic access.

Brett J. Bordini

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Undiagnosed and rare diseases in critical care: the role of diagnostic access.

July 27, 2022

Bordini BJ. Crit Care Clin. 2022;38(2):159-171.

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Rare diseases can present diagnostic challenges to clinicians. This article discusses how cognitive biases can impede diagnosis of rare conditions and strategies to improve diagnostic safety in critical care, such as diagnostic timeouts.

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