- Re: The New Generation of Physicians are Frauds!
- Posted by Peter Moran
"N-H-P" <johngohde@naturalhealthperspective.com> wrote in message
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This is not fraud, this is either poor medical training or malpractice.
There are many causes of abdominal pain which will not show up on an
ordinary CT scan, appendicitis for one.
I otherwise agree that the trend to rely on tests is sad.
Peter Moran
- Posted by tintinet
"Peter Moran" <moringa@gil.com.au> wrote in message news:<3ef614b6_2@news.brisbane.pipenetworks.com>.. .
Actually, CT scan is a highly sensitive and specific test for appendicitis.
P
- Posted by Peter Moran
"tintinet" <tintinet1@iwon.com> wrote in message
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Only if directly targeted on the appendix using specific techniques. Even
then, I wonder how accurate it is within average radiological practice, or
within the extraordinary range of possible pathologies that appendicitis can
..produce.
Peter Moran
- Posted by Howard McCollister
"Peter Moran" <moringa@gil.com.au> wrote in message
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It's true that the optimal way to diagnose appendicitis via CT is with the
use of rectal contrast. If no such contrast is used, the radiologist must
depend on visible inflammation or edema in the tissues around the appendix
and this would lower the accuracy of the CT for diagnosis of appendicitis.
The information from the CT along with a white cell count, a physical exam
(by someone who knows what they're doing) and a good history should yield an
accuracy better than 90%, compared to the oft-quoted 75% that was considered
standard back in the old days when the diagnosis of appendicitis was made
without the help of CT.
HMc
- Posted by Ob-1
Howard McCollister wrote:
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be overcome with knowledge and care.
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