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Quest for diagnosis highlights risks of invasive testing
NEW YORK AP K was a frail two year old with malnutrition and repeated unexplained infections. Doctors conducted endless tests while fearing unknown illnesses, yet a caring intern suggested emotional factors and moved the child to psychiatry. The child died before a diagnosis emerged, prompting authors to critique the rush for certainty and advocate shared decision making and probabilistic thinking in medicine.
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New York
Harold Bursztaj
Massachusetts Mental Health Center
Boston
Bursttam
Richard Feinbloom
Robert Hamm
Archie Brodsky
Bursztaja
Massachusetts General Hospital
Burskaja
Feinbloom
Harvard
Bursztajt