Blind obedience and an unnecessary workup for hypoglycemia: a teachable moment.

Wang EY, Patrick L, Connor DM. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 Nov 27; [Epub ahead of print].

This commentary relates an incident involving biases and overconfidence in laboratory test results that affected diagnostic decision making and culminated in a delayed diagnosis. The authors suggest that clinicians seek to understand the limits of common laboratory tests and consult the full range of evidence available to prevent this type of error.

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