http://www.medrants.com/archives/5082 Internal medicine, American health care, and especially medical education Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.medrants.com/archives/5082/comment-page-1#comment-530739 Graham Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:58:11 +0000 http://www.medrants.com/?p=5082#comment-530739 And even if the stress test is normal, the sensitivity is at best mid-80s. Still missing a lot! And even if the stress test is normal, the sensitivity is at best mid-80s. Still missing a lot!

]]> http://www.medrants.com/archives/5082/comment-page-1#comment-530738 Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:43:11 +0000 http://www.medrants.com/?p=5082#comment-530738 Nice save. I've learned over the years to get the op notes for any major operation my patient claims to have had on her uterus or ovaries, and the results of their most recent bone density or mammogram that they tell me was "normal". Such reviews have turned up diagnoses such as osteoporosis, cervical cancer, breast cancer and more that my patients failed to tell me about in their history.    Nice save.
I've learned over the years to get the op notes for any major operation my patient claims to have had on her uterus or ovaries, and the results of their most recent bone density or mammogram that they tell me was "normal". Such reviews have turned up diagnoses such as osteoporosis, cervical cancer, breast cancer and more that my patients failed to tell me about in their history.   

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