2018 Clinical Practice Lab Testing Patients 
The Clinical Problem Solvers
SEPTEMBER 28, 2019
If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably found yourself asking that question after listening to a discussant on the podcast arrive at some unexpected diagnosis, only to have the biopsy or lab test prove them right. Dr.’s Vivek Murthy, Bridget O’Brien, and Gurpreet Dhaliwal sought to answer this question in a 2018 study.
GeriPal
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
That screening influences kind of further treatment, actually, probably more importantly, patient outcomes. And it can cause harm because if you’re springing this test on someone, it actually could create a lot of anxiety. And when I asked the patient, well, what happened, the test was sprung on them.
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