On
January 30th, an op-ed in the NYTimes by
Drs. Redberg and Smith-Bindman made the assertion noted in this title. We addressed it skeptically,
the nicest term for our skewering of the numerous fallacies contained therein.
(Several letters to the editor of the Times agreed in the main
with our point of view, including one from the President of the American
College of Emergency Physicians). Most annoyingly, the co-authors — both
clinicians — ignored the specter of defensive medicine that stalks ERs, thanks
to predatory plaintiff’s lawyers second-guessing every decision, using the
20/20 retrospectroscope.
So it was gratifying to see
a dialogue under the auspices of Medscape, in which the expert interviewer was
Dr. Robert Glatter, Director of Sports Medicine and Traumatic Brain Injury, Department of Emergency Medicine,
Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. He discussed the assertions and ramifications of
the Redberg-Smith-Bindman op-ed with Dr.
David Schwartz, Professor of Emergency Medicine at New York University School
of Medicine, and also a specialist in diagnostic imaging and emergency
radiology......To Read More.....
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