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- Published on: 17 July 2003
- Published on: 11 June 2003
- Published on: 3 June 2003
- Published on: 17 July 2003Bed-side diagnosing acute appendicitis and gastrointestinal diseasesShow More
Dear Editor
unfortunately doctors, all around the world, ignore the progress of physical semeiotics of last three decades, i.e. Biophysical Semeiotics (See HONCode site 233736, http:/digilander.libero.it/semeioticabiofisica).
In fact physical semeiotics is poor, if applied to some biological systems. As far as clinical gastroenteroly is...
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Dear Editor
I thank Dr Beales for his comments.[1] Clearly, it is always easy to be wise in retrospect. However, we teach students to make a diagnosis by listing the positive findings and linking these to build a coherent diagnosis.
In case 1 the house officer noted aspirin ingestion, melaena, a hard liver edge and thrombocytopaenia. He suggested cancer of the gut with hepatic metastases. This was reason...
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None declared. - Published on: 3 June 2003Physician-techniciansShow More
Dear Editor
I have every sympathy with Dr Neale's opinion and feel he is entirely correct in worrying about the apparently overwhelming tenadency for technological investigation and expertise instead of a more considered diagnostic and management approach. I would also agree with his view of the aspirations of many gastroenterological Specialist Registrars, apparent from talking to many of them. He has highighted the...
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