The question should be rephrased to “How close to 100% certain do you want to be?” As I stated before, if a patient understands the risks of an unnecessary test to get closer to the impossible goal of 100% accuracy and chooses to proceed, I normally would then order the test.
Scalpel with an example regarding chest pain in the ER.
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