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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Diagnostic Uncertainty & Undiagnosed Illness
Description: Host: Darryl S. Chutka M.D. [@chutkaMD]
Guest: Liz A. Gilman, M.D.
Guest: Chris R. Stephenson, M.D., M.H.P.E.
As clinicians, we’re used to obtaining health information from our patients through a medical history, performing a physical exam and ordering a variety of lab tests or imaging studies. We then formulate a differential diagnosis and eventually a diagnosis to explain the patient’s health problem. But what happens when a diagnosis isn’t obvious or we’re uncertain what may be causing the patient’s problems. What if a patient...