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This may well be the problem in developing countries with access to the
newer thousand slice CTs and the like when a detailed history and physical
examination can ferret out the diagnosis in many patients. And think about
the cost!

Still old school,

Jose Luis J. Danguilan, MD
Manila, Philippines

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Christos Giannou <x.giannou at gmail.com>wrote:

> May I paraphrase Ken and, therefore, simply repeat a succinct lesson that
> my
> professors taught me 30 years ago?
>
> NO paraclinical examination should ever be ordered unless there is a clear
> indication as to what the person ordering the tests expects to learn, and
> how that additional new knowledge, over and above the clinical
> examination,will alter decision making and treatment.
>
> cheers from the "old school"
>
> >
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