Complaint was leg pain and swelling

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An ER provider diagnoses a patient with sciatica and sends her home with ibuprofen. Her complaint was leg pain and swelling. When the provider reviewed the patient's record he noted numerous visits for low back pain and lumbar radiculopathy. He did not fully examine the patient and missed the DVT and compartment syndrome that resulted in foot drop. This type of cognitive error is:

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