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Thank you for sharing your experience, Dr. Potter. This incidence is also really eye opener for me too. I concur on your statement that Physical Therapist (PTs) should overly cautious after post operative case in ordered to prevent acute post operative complications. Especially, Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) often asymptomatic, making screening (special tests, Well's clinical decision rules for DVT) a key part in avoidance of this potentially life-threatening dilemma (Goodman and Synder,2007).
In this example, I found overconfidence and confirmatory bias. The patient is doing well and going to discharge in following session, so the other therapist might overconfident regarding patient's recovering condition. PTs forget some required precaution
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