Context Diagnostic errors have been associated with bias in clinical reasoning. Empirical
evidence on the cognitive mechanisms underlying biases and effectiveness of educational …

Medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) burden patients and health services due
to large quantities of consultations and medical interventions. The aim of this study is to …

Simulation games are becoming increasingly popular in education, but more insight in their
critical design features is needed. This study investigated the effects of fidelity of open …

Contrary to what common sense makes us believe, deliberation without attention has
recently been suggested to produce better decisions in complex situations than deliberation …

Background Literature suggests that patients who display disruptive behaviours in the
consulting room fuel negative emotions in doctors. These emotions, in turn, are said to …

Chronic rejection of renal allografts is a major cause of late graft loss. However, time of
onset, relation with acute early rejection episodes, and risk factors are largely unknown. We …

Purpose Anecdotal evidence indicates that exposure to media-distributed disease
information, such as news about an outbreak, can lead physicians to errors; influenced by …

Background Patients who display disruptive behaviours in the clinical encounter (the so-
called 'difficult patients') may negatively affect doctors' diagnostic reasoning, thereby causing …

BACKGROUND: N-terminal pro–brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is an established
biomarker for heart failure. Assessment of this biomarker in patients with acute dyspnea …

Glomerular filtration rate measurement by “single-shot” injection of inulin. In 14 ADPKD
patients the total body clearance and the urinary clearance of inulin using the constant …