Aerospace medicine and human performance
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Physicians rely on intuition and pattern recognition to rapidly evaluate and treat patients. While the realities of our medical system require liberal use of these heuristics to efficiently make clinical decisions, such thinking patterns are error-prone-leaving the clinician at the whims of their cognitive biases. CASE REPORT: We describe a case of Lyme disease in which a pilot's rash and radicular pain were misdiagnosed on two separate occasions until, nearly a month after initially seeking medical care, the pilot was appropriately diagnosed and treated. ⋯ Saul S, Tanael M. Rash, radiculopathy, and cognitive biases. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2019; 90(7):652-654.