COVID-19 and the Consequences of Anchoring Bias

Suspicion of coronavirus disease in febrile patients might lead to anchoring bias, causing misdiagnosis of other infections for which epidemiologic risks are present. This bias has potentially severe consequences, illustrated by cases of human granulocytic anaplasmosis and Lyme disease in a pregnant...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Horowitz, Harold W., Behar, Caren, Greene, Jeffrey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8314836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34287136
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2708.211107
_version_ 1783729618074730496
author Horowitz, Harold W.
Behar, Caren
Greene, Jeffrey
author_facet Horowitz, Harold W.
Behar, Caren
Greene, Jeffrey
author_sort Horowitz, Harold W.
collection PubMed
description Suspicion of coronavirus disease in febrile patients might lead to anchoring bias, causing misdiagnosis of other infections for which epidemiologic risks are present. This bias has potentially severe consequences, illustrated by cases of human granulocytic anaplasmosis and Lyme disease in a pregnant woman and human granulocytic anaplasmosis in another person.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-8314836
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-83148362021-08-07 COVID-19 and the Consequences of Anchoring Bias Horowitz, Harold W. Behar, Caren Greene, Jeffrey Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Suspicion of coronavirus disease in febrile patients might lead to anchoring bias, causing misdiagnosis of other infections for which epidemiologic risks are present. This bias has potentially severe consequences, illustrated by cases of human granulocytic anaplasmosis and Lyme disease in a pregnant woman and human granulocytic anaplasmosis in another person. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8314836/ /pubmed/34287136 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2708.211107 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Horowitz, Harold W.
Behar, Caren
Greene, Jeffrey
COVID-19 and the Consequences of Anchoring Bias
title COVID-19 and the Consequences of Anchoring Bias
title_full COVID-19 and the Consequences of Anchoring Bias
title_fullStr COVID-19 and the Consequences of Anchoring Bias
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19 and the Consequences of Anchoring Bias
title_short COVID-19 and the Consequences of Anchoring Bias
title_sort covid-19 and the consequences of anchoring bias
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8314836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34287136
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2708.211107
work_keys_str_mv AT horowitzharoldw covid19andtheconsequencesofanchoringbias
AT beharcaren covid19andtheconsequencesofanchoringbias
AT greenejeffrey covid19andtheconsequencesofanchoringbias

Ejemplares similares