“I Can’t Find Anything Wrong: It Must Be a Pulmonary Embolism”: Diagnosing Suspected Pulmonary Embolism in Primary Care, a Qualitative Study.

by Marie Barais et al.

This study illustrated the diagnostic role of gut feelings in the specific context of suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) in primary care. The Family Physicians used the sense of alarm as a tool to prevent the diagnostic error of missing a PE. The diagnostic accuracy of gut feelings has yet to be evaluated.See http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0098112