Chest X-Rays for children with pneumonia
Not all types of pneumonia are the same. The one that our children catch at school or from family members, of mild to moderate severity, does not result in complications. For this type of pneumonia, performing a chest x-ray on the child is unnecessary. Visits to the...Thyroid Ultrasound
The thyroid ultrasound should not be used for screening, or to examine a wide population, when no specific symptoms present themselves. There is a real possibility of finding benign nodules – or ones that wouldn’t cause any trouble – and assuming that they might be...Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Back Pain
Magnetic resonance imaging for back pain is regularly prescribed at the first signs of back pain or sciatica (pain radiating down the leg), often in the absence of physical and medical treatment to alleviate the pain. If no serious neurological or systemic symptoms...
Don’t perform preoperative chest x-rays in the absence of clinical signs or symptoms which indicate diseases that could affect the outcome of the surgery.
Clinical evidence does not support the routine performance of preoperative chest radiography, without a specific reason suggested by medical examination or the history of the patient. In the absence of cardiopulmonary signs or symptoms routine preoperative chest...The campaign DOING MORE DOES NOT MEAN DOING BETTER – CHOOSING WISELY ITALY is promoted by Italy’s Slow Medicine
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