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Re: 4D IMAGING From: Terry J. DuBose (duboseterryj@uams.edu) Wed Nov 20 13:37:12 2002 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Jeanette Burlbaw: "Re: 4D IMAGING" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: 4D IMAGING" 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 Next message: Jeanette Burlbaw: "Re: 4D IMAGING" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: 4D IMAGING"

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