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A number of reasons come to mind: 1. Not doing anything in the face of “evidence” is ripe for malpractice lawsuits, rightly or wrongly 2. Not doing anything i
by incongruity 4y ago
A number of reasons come to mind:
1. Not doing anything in the face of “evidence” is ripe for malpractice lawsuits, rightly or wrongly
2. Not doing anything in the face of “evidence” can drive anxiety for patients and many clinicians want to be seen as having some answer or path forward, however:
3. Not all diagnostics are risk or pain free
4. Not all diagnostics are precise enough to make treatment decisions clear, correct, and authoritative - so more diagnostics will lead to more false positives which, when paired with the previous points lead to trouble for the clinician and possibly the patient.