 Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich_in_Tampa
Suppose you follow the EBM standard and omit the head CT appropriately. If even one patient out of thousands has some abnormality that would have been detected by the CT, you are vulnerable. (Of course that disregards all the incidental findings on CT that generate useless wild goose chases.)
|
Gee, that sounds like the medical merry go round I've been on lately. I would much rather have the option, as a patient, to assume my own risk of not doing a CT and missing some rare abnormality, versus having the CT and possibly starting a useless wild goose chase. As a patient, however, I don't recall ever being given that choice, I'm just told that I'm being referred to such and such a specialist for further tests and diagnoses. I suppose I could opt out of further testing, but it's difficult when one doesn't have the information on which to make an individual decision on the risks. Of course, there are clear cut times when I need a doctor to tell me that I have a condition that needs to be treated. But so many other times just seem like CYA fishing expeditions and lead to needless worry and carry their own risk.
|