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Quick question

  • 30-01-2008 5:22pm
    #1
    LadyJ
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    Went for an ultrasound and an abdominal x-ray today. I was told the results would be sent back to my doctor in 10 days or so. Just wondering why they can't just tell you there and then how things are looking.....Surely the person doing the ultrasound can see for themselves if anything is up, no? :confused:

    Sorry for my ignorance but I just thought it was kinda odd.


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  • #2
    Traumadoc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,523 ✭✭✭Traumadoc


    Usually the radiographer does the scan, images are then printed and given to the radiologist who then makes the report and this is the sent to the referring clinician who takes the result and along with a history examination other investigatons comes up with a probable diagnosis. It takes a few days.


  • #3
    ucd_guy
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    While the ultrasonographer in particular is highly trained to read images and makes an unofficial report which guides the doctor, the official report has to go through the system and be signed off by a consultant (i.e. an expert).

    It makes sense if you think about it, you don't want any Joe Soap reading your scan and giving you a potentially false negative/positive report!

    AFAIK this was part of the Portlaise Mammogram ****up!


  • #4
    Traumadoc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,523 ✭✭✭Traumadoc


    I think that the Portlaoise problem was not the under reporting but the over reporting, Media spin came in and it became a search for the missed cancers- the best figures are for a 5% missed rate - the figures were lower!! But it suited the HSE to scare the public so they could push forward the centers of excellence.

    Screening mamograms are controversial- have a look on BMJ site- because the figures seem to show that there will be 10 unnecessary mastectomies to prolong one life.

    http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab001877.html

    "t is thus not clear whether screening does more good than harm."


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