Other pointers
Other pointers worth remembering include:
- common things occur commonly: uncommon presentations of common things occur more often than common presentations of rare conditions
- simple conditions are caused by simple problems
- Occam's razor: multiple symptoms and signs are more likely due to a single disease than multiple pathologies
- when all else fails, read the instructions: refer to textbooks, journals, computers and colleagues
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