Might be a stupid question but when do surgeons diagnose patients? Is it usually a physician diagnoses a patient and if it's surgical consult a surgeon and they confirm the diagnoses. Do they ever make the initial diagnosis.
Might be a stupid question but when do surgeons diagnose patients? Is it usually a physician diagnoses a patient and if it's surgical consult a surgeon and they confirm the diagnoses. Do they ever make the initial diagnosis.
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Might be a stupid question but when do surgeons diagnose patients? Is it usually a physician diagnoses a patient and if it's surgical consult a surgeon and they confirm the diagnoses. Do they ever make the initial diagnosis.
The ED asks me to do it all the time.
"Hey, we have this patient with abdominal pain. We ordered a CT scan but it's going to be awhile before they get it done. Was wondering if you could come lay hands on the patient?" Or sometimes its "Just wanted you to give you first crack at it and have you check him/her out."
"Ok what do you think is going on?"
"Um, I actually haven't seen the patient. I just got it signed out to me that he's having abdominal pain."
The ED asks me to do it all the time.
"Hey, we have this patient with abdominal pain. We ordered a CT scan but it's going to be awhile before they get it done. Was wondering if you could come lay hands on the patient?" Or sometimes its "Just wanted you to give you first crack at it and have you check him/her out."
"Ok what do you think is going on?"
"Um, I actually haven't seen the patient. I just got it signed out to me that he's having abdominal pain."