Understanding the CATScan Cascade
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MKirschMDPosted
Mon 13 Apr 2009 12:00am
If we are ever to prevail against the CATscan cascade, we must understand why these tests are ordered. Here are 7 explanations of why doctors scan their patients... scans.
A patient or the family want a medical test believing that a diagnosis has been missed.
The physician orders a CATscan hastily, without sufficient thought if it makes
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Can CATScans Prevent Lung Cancer? Smoke and Mirrors
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MKirschMDPosted
Sun 07 Nov 2010 3:17am
smokers could save lives. They hyped headline of The New York Times was CTScans Cut Lung Cancer Deaths. The study concluded that annual chest CATscans on smokers could reduce...
I still marvel at the accomplishments of CATscans and imaging studies. These technologies have revolutionized the medical profession. Imagine foretelling 50 years ago
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3D CATScan of Broken Foot Bones
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Northcoast FootcarePosted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:06pm
3D CATscans help doctors better visualize broken bones in the foot. In the image to the left, multiple fracture fragments of the heel bone are better visualized in the 3D scan than in an X-ray.
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EEGs & CatScans
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Amy SchroederPosted
Sat 21 Aug 2010 10:35am
Logan has started a bit of seizure activity in the last 12 hours and medication has been given. It can be caused by something major like a stroke or something as small as the medications he is on right now. Neurology is consulting and we are just waiting for their opinions.
The pre-Berlin CatScan was negative for stroke or bleeding, so we are happy about
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CATScan
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BionicallyYoursPosted
Sat 13 Jun 2009 12:12am
I had the CATscan today. This will give the doctor a way to see if one ear is "better" than another in terms of anatomy, for operating on. The image generated from the CATscan will also be his "roadmap!"
It was funny because they had given me a paper at my last appointment that said before the CATscan I couldn't eat for 4 hours prior
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CATScans - Lighting the Fuse!
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MKirschMDPosted
Mon 30 Mar 2009 12:00am
periodic CATscans over the next 2 years to assure that they lesion does not enlarge. Obviously, this exercise diminishes quality of life and costs plenty of money that could be used... imperfections in our internal organs. In other words, if any of us were to undergo a CATscan, many of us would have abnormalities described by vigilant radiologists.
Sure, some folks
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CATScan - Tuesday
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Jarrod and JennyPosted
Tue 13 Oct 2009 10:04pm
Not Monday, but Tomm. Based on what he sees, he will decide. If it is bad, then shunt soon. If not we may go home and just have weekly checkups with neurosurgeon. He said he is "pretty sure" she is going to need one. But notice what he didn't say - it is definite. He said the longer she waits the better. Keep praying, keep believing and asking God ...
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CATScan Monday
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Jarrod and JennyPosted
Tue 13 Oct 2009 10:04pm
That's the plan. So far Sara's head size has either stayed the same or had a very small increase. The fontanel is still soft- all good news. Still praying for God to work a miracle so people would know He still has power to do miracles and give people eternal life - and that they would believe in Him! (John 20:30-31)
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Do I Need 9 Lives Just to Get a CatScan?
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HealthReformWatch.comPosted
Mon 21 Feb 2011 10:35pm
to the odds of getting cancer from a single CTscan.
Wachter writes:
Last month, my colleague Rebecca Smith-Bindman , professor of radiology, epidemiology, and ob/gyn at UCSF... breath away:
A 20-year old woman who gets an abdominal-pelvic CTscan (i.e., just about any young woman coming to the ED with belly pain) has a 1 in 250 chance of getting cancer
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