Re: Abdominal versus vaginal ultrasound

From: Geffrey H. Klein, MD (gklein@bcm.tmc.edu)
Mon Nov 25 21:12:16 1996


>Why put the patient through the discomfort of the catheter with a full
>bladder, and the (probably small) risk of urinary tract infection when doing
>an abdominal scan when a vaginal ultrasound is much better at providing
>information with a 6 week pregnancy? The radiologist seemed to think I was
>out of my mind for suggesting he bypass abdominal scans on all my future
>patients with similar complaints. Any thoughts from the group?

I cannot agree more.. I never understood this logic, but I never questioned the radiologist before...

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