Managing Cognitive Load to Uncover an Unusual Cause of Syncope: Exercises in Clinical Reasoning

J Gen Intern Med. 2016 Feb;31(2):247-251. doi: 10.1007/s11606-015-3534-9. Epub 2015 Nov 5.
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Keywords: clinical reasoning; cognitive load; hyperviscosity syndrome; syncope.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Blood Viscosity
  • Cognition*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Physical Examination / methods
  • Problem Solving*
  • Syncope / blood
  • Syncope / etiology*
  • Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / blood
  • Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / complications*
  • Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / diagnosis*