Doctors' bedside skills trump medical technology
Friday, December 18, 2009 - 11:28
in Health & Medicine
MAYWOOD, IL. -- Sometimes, a simple bedside exam performed by a skilled physician is superior to a high-tech CT scan, a Loyola University Health System study has found. Researchers found that physicians' bedside exams did a better job than CT scans in predicting which patients would need to return to the operating room to treat complications such as bleeding. Link: http://www.luhs.org