Demonstrates common diagnostic pitfalls in patients presenting with dyspnea and anxiety.
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May alert clinicians to diagnostic biases in dyspnea; leaves open systematic validation of mitigation strategies.
Two clinical cases that demonstrate the difficulties diagnosing the causes of shortness of breath, coupled with anxiety, are analyzed. From the standpoint of modern neurophysiology it explains the relationship of these conditions. There were revealed typical diagnostic mistakes: «the effect of precocious focusing", "the negative effect of the narrow specialization
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