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Avoiding Anchoring Bias in the Times of the Pandemic!
Yousaf, Zohaib; Siddiqui, Mohammed Yaseen Ahmed; Mushtaq, Kamran; Feroz, Sayeda Efath; Abou Kammar, Shady; Mohamedali, Mohamed Gaafer Hussein; Chaudhary, Haseeb.
  • Yousaf Z; Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
  • Siddiqui MYA; Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
  • Mushtaq K; Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
  • Feroz SE; Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
  • Abou Kammar S; Infectious Disease, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
  • Mohamedali MGH; Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
  • Chaudhary H; Medicine, Reading Hospital, Tower Health Medical group, West Reading, Pennsylvania, USA.
Case Rep Neurol ; 12(3): 359-364, 2020.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-901496
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 has a broad spectrum of clinical presentations, including central nervous system manifestations that are not uncommon. The high pretest probability of COVID-19 in pandemic can lead to anchoring. We present a patient of COVID-19 pneumonia who presented with dyspnea and acute confusional state. His initial workup was suggestive of tuberculous meningoencephalitis with lymphocytic pleocytosis, high protein in CSF analysis, and suspicious MRI findings, which was later confirmed with a positive CSF culture. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first such case. Anchoring to the diagnosis of COVID-19 may deter clinicians from considering other concurrent diagnoses and a poor outcome consequently.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Case report / Prognostic study Language: English Journal: Case Rep Neurol Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: 000509345

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Case report / Prognostic study Language: English Journal: Case Rep Neurol Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: 000509345