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Dislodging Anchored Diagnoses: An Unusual Presentation Of Acute Appendicitis, Talal Asif, Ravali Gummi, Zara Wadood, Kristy E. Steigerwalt, Rebecca R. Pauly
Dislodging Anchored Diagnoses: An Unusual Presentation Of Acute Appendicitis, Talal Asif, Ravali Gummi, Zara Wadood, Kristy E. Steigerwalt, Rebecca R. Pauly
Marshall Journal of Medicine
Cognitive errors are the most common cause of diagnostic errors in the process of clinical decision making. Recently, there has been an immense focus on the new science of error prevention in health care. Anchored thinking or heuristics is a form of cognitive error that portrays shortcuts or abbreviated thinking in the light of diagnostic uncertainty. The risk is of comfort in a typical scenario and not being able to adapt to a new situation. Here we present an intriguing case of acute appendicitis in a patient who was initially admitted and treated for hypothermia and alcohol withdrawal. As the …