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IMAGE: Prof. Dr. Gustavo Saposnik, a neurologist at St. Michael's Hospital, a scientist at the hospital's Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and lead author of the study.
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Credit: Unity Health Toronto
A new study has found one in four clinical decisions made by physicians falls short of best practices, but when physicians reviewed a simple traffic light system prior to making a clinical decision, uncertainty was reduced by 70 per cent and treatment decisions improved.
The study, published Tuesday in
JAMA Network Open, explores the role of autonomic arousal, the stimulation of bodily functions that are unconsciously regulated such as pupil dilation or heart rate, in therapeutic decision-making.