Comments on: Virtual colonoscopy http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/09/virtual-colonoscopy-2.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:15:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/09/virtual-colonoscopy-2.html/comment-page-1#comment-87346 Anonymous Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:58:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/09/virtual-colonoscopy-3.html#comment-87346 "Incidental findings (not related to the bowel) that warranted additional testing occurred in 16 percent of cases. This can necessitate further, possibly unnecessary, testing."<br/><br/>Is this your wording, or some other analyst's?<br/><br/>If the testing is warranted it is arguably necessary testing, even if it results in no positive finding. The risk/benefit ratio will vary, but don't fall into the trap of describing a test that is negative as unecessary. <br/><br/>That's a fail of language and logic. “Incidental findings (not related to the bowel) that warranted additional testing occurred in 16 percent of cases. This can necessitate further, possibly unnecessary, testing.”

Is this your wording, or some other analyst’s?

If the testing is warranted it is arguably necessary testing, even if it results in no positive finding. The risk/benefit ratio will vary, but don’t fall into the trap of describing a test that is negative as unecessary.

That’s a fail of language and logic.

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