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working diagnosis

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working diagnosis
Preliminary diagnosis, provisional diagnosis Decision-making A diagnosis based on experience, clinical epidemiology, and early confirmatory evidence provided by ancillary studies–eg, radiologic findings; WDs allow early disease management, while awaiting special or more definitive studies–eg, immunoperoxidase stains or results from a reference lab


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The Next Step Up to this point the physician has used his interview techniques to obtain an accurate history and his physical diagnostic skills to form a working diagnosis of bronchial asthma.
At the end of the clinical examination the doctor should be able to identify patients with significant pathology of the spine and nerve roots, and have a working diagnosis that must be confirmed by special investigations, if necessary.
Young's experience, the psychiatrist gains useful information--and the psychotherapist is pleasantly surprised--if the psychiatrist inquires about the therapist's working diagnosis.
 
 
 
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