Re: 4D IMAGING

From: Jeanette Burlbaw (jburlbaw@kumc.edu)
Wed Nov 20 14:36:56 2002


I'm with you Terry, Fetal Foto's is not to be considered in my discussion of availability. AND I think the answer is what the good doctor said,....please the public - diagnostic imaging with pleasant interaction and the gift of their baby's image. They leave smiling and singing your praises. I don't have the 3D but I give as many picture's as I feel are pretty and the parents understand and spend time talking to them during and after.

It's just good medicine.

Jeanette

>>> duboseterryj@uams.edu 11/20/02 02:41PM >>>

Of course there will always be some missed and wrong diagnoses, we are all human and nothing is perfect. However, our job as professionals is to minimize diagnostic mistakes... and proper education does make a difference, and certification is the way you demonstrate your knowledge to your patients.

As far as "social scanning"... is that any reason to take the parent's money and not care about any possible problems? Will the "social scanners" make absolutely clear to the parents that they "don't care if the fetus has 3 legs, they will just point out 2"?

I am not arguing against parents getting the videos, photos, etc that they want... I just object to those who don't have a clue about sonography, the uneducated, and (often) unwashed giving the profession a bad name.

Peace, Terry J DuBose, M.S., RDMS

ultrasound@obgyn.net writes: >there are always missed diagnoses - we look at patients inside other
>patients and we're lookin at a work in progress. prenatal diagnosis,
as >yogi berra put it, "ain't over til it's over."
>
>art
>
>At Wed, 20 Nov 2002, DoctorJoe@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>In a message dated 11/20/02 12:03:01, duboseterryj@uams.edu writes:
>>
>>> But what about health care? True, we have found no documented harm
fro the >>> sonic energy at sonographic levels and with "normal" medical usage,
but >>> what about missed and wrong diagnoses? Don't we care about that
any more? >>>
>>And how do we get away from missed or incorrect diagnoses? Answer:
Don't >>scan.
>>
>>Actually, if you're doing "social" scanning, then wouldn't you inform
the >>patient up front that you're NOT looking real hard for subtle
anomalies, an >>you shouldn't be held liable for missing something that a "regular"
targett d >>scan would be expected to uncover?
>>
>>I don't see a problem with missed diagnoses in the context of cursory
socia >>scanning... What's your duty to the patient in that case? To give
them a go d >>picture to bond with. If it's clear up front that you're not looking,
then >>you have no duty to look.
>>
>>Joe P.
>
>--
>art fougner, md
>ich bin ein New Yorker

Peace, Terry J. DuBose, M.S., RDMS Assistant Professor & Director, Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, CHRP 4301 West Markham St. Mail Slot #563 Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205 USA 501-686-6510 DuBoseTerryJ@UAMS.edu http://www.io.com/~dubose/ http://www.uams.edu/CHRP/dmshome.htm http://www.obgyn.net/us/panel/panel.htm




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