Typical EEG report is something like 'There is a focus of alpha wave activity at 3 Hz in the parietal lobe and a focus of delta wave activity at 10 Hz etc. etc." which goes on for three quarters of a page in closely typed script, then at the bottom is a clinical interpretation which says:
Kinda sounds like what some people think of me.
ReplyDeleteDo they let med students write in reports?
ReplyDeleteSounds like a written form of what most of us say when presented an ECG or EEG or any other thing that requires interpretation.
Schrodinger strikes again.
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ReplyDeleteCYA? In a big way?
ReplyDeleteDoctor G, please tell me that was some other doctor's comment, and not yours! :)
ReplyDeleteOne must leave room for other possibilities, new frontiers, and a repeat seizure(-like) episode.
ReplyDeleteYa gotta cover all the bases.
ReplyDeleteThe patient is alive. But he might be dead.
ReplyDeleteIts normal if the patient is abnormal? ;^D
ReplyDeleteWell, I'm glad we've got that settled.
ReplyDeleteAbnormal is the new normal.
ReplyDeleteThey're just covering all of their bases....right?
ReplyDeleteSince when are radiologists reading EEGs?
ReplyDeleteTypical EEG report is something like 'There is a focus of alpha wave activity at 3 Hz in the parietal lobe and a focus of delta wave activity at 10 Hz etc. etc." which goes on for three quarters of a page in closely typed script, then at the bottom is a clinical interpretation which says:
ReplyDelete"Within normal limits."
I've NEVER seen contradictary statements in Radiology.
ReplyDeleteSigned,
Sonographer