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#29 A 43M with Diarrhea: Hoofbeats Segment

Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast

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Hypothesis Driven Clinical Reasoning

Dr. Constable sees alcohol use and she's trying to tie it in with the illness. She comes up with the hypothesis of alcoholic cardiomyopathy but then quickly abandons it. As an example of backwards hypothesis driven approach, she looks for evidence to prove or disprove it. Dr. Constable: "More often than not, it combines both fast and slow thinking"

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