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surely your mean related over treatment or intervention. I am not aware of any adverse health consequences from MRI itself. CT has clear downsides. That said,
by s1artibartfast 1y ago
surely your mean related over treatment or intervention. I am not aware of any adverse health consequences from MRI itself. CT has clear downsides.
That said, there is a pretty big difference between screening and elective medicine.
- tptacek 1y agoI don't think the term "elective medicine" means anything useful in this conversation. But, yes: I'm referring to unnecessary surgeries consequent to MRI; a big problem, especially for stuff like knees and spines.
- s1artibartfast 1y agoeh, If I have elected to undergo a procedure, I would want the best and most imaging possible. I dont see data as the problem, but the decision making around it. Preventing the generation of data may be a solution, but I dont care for it as a strategy.
- tptacek 1y ago"Elective" medicine is simply medicine that can be scheduled in advance. The opposite of "elective" is "emergency". Plenty of elective procedures are not in any meaningful sense optional.
- s1artibartfast 1y agoI feel we are quibbling about terminology instead of the central point. Feel free to substitute discretionary procedures if that is clearer, although nearly all medicine is discretionary (elective or emergency).
- tptacek 1y agoRight, I was just clarifying that the term "elective" isn't going to be useful for the conversation we're having.
- s1artibartfast 1y agofair. I was thinking of elective procedures, but that is a poor juxtaposition with screening, which is also elective.