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CLINICAL MEDICINE & RESEARCH
Volume 13, Issue 3-4, Pages 156-168Publisher
MARSHFIELD CLINIC
DOI: 10.3121/cmr.2015.1289
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Critical care; Medical decision making; Heuristics; Intuition: Diagnosis
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Background: Human decision making involves the deliberate formulation of hypotheses and plans as well as the use of subconscious means of judging probability, likely outcome, and proper action. Rationale: There is a growing recognition that intuitive strategies such as use of heuristics and pattern recognition described in other industries are applicable to high-acuity environments in medicine. Despite the applicability of theories of cognition to the intensive care unit, a discussion of decision-making strategies is currently absent in the critical care literature. Content: This article provides an overview of known cognitive strategies, as well as a synthesis of their use in critical care. By understanding the ways by which humans formulate diagnoses and make critical decisions, we may be able to minimize errors in our own judgments as well as build training activities around known strengths and limitations of cognition.
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