Cardiac crisis avoided courtesy of a clued-in GP
Xie is a 41-year-old regular practice patient who attends for results of recent routine blood tests. She has a history of diet-controlled gestational diabetes mellitus…
Tag: Diagnostics
An approach to functional disorders
Need to know: Everyone experiences functional symptoms — be it a twinge, tic, twitch or tickle. These occur frequently and are largely ignored. Occasionally, however,…
The incidentaloma menace: Why GPs and radiologists need to talk
“You have got a community that thinks modern medicine is amazing and can tell them everything with certainty — and the reality is it cannot.”…
‘When I started, a brain CT was 24 slices, and now it’s 240’: The menace of incidentalomas
Doctors are once more caught in a testing and diagnostic minefield: the minefield laid by the increasing detection of incidentalomas by increasingly powerful imaging machines.…
Most medical tests sold directly to patients ‘lack clear benefits’ — even the ones costing $1900
Direct-to-patient medical tests are a growing business, but Australian researchers are warning that most tests achieve nothing. A University of Wollongong study found 484 direct-to-consumer…
Patient’s spinal fracture leads to GP diagnosis of rare genetic disorder
An unusual spinal fracture led GP Dr John Manton to uncover a rare genetic disorder that would have probably gone undiagnosed without him. His patient…
Consider regular spirometry for chronic productive cough: study
Patients with a chronic productive cough should undergo regular spirometry for early detection of COPD and asthma, regardless of smoking status or duration, Australian doctors…
Exempt genetic test results if My Health Record seven-day rule scrapped, colleges say
Anatomical pathology, cytopathology and genetic tests should be excluded from a government plan to remove the seven-day delay on patients viewing results in My Health Record, medical…
A multisystem mystery as a patient deteriorates
Elaine, a 62-year-old female with a history of rheumatoid arthritis, hypertension and diabetes presents with progressive cough and shortness of breath over the preceding weeks.…
Doctors warn follow-up care at risk without My Health Record seven-day ‘lock’ on test results
Removing the seven-day lock on patients viewing pathology and imaging results in My Health Record could lead them to cancel follow-up appointments based on their…
