If I had a nickel every time I had to call radiology and ask…”soooooo…is there a PE there or no?…it was dictated as a carry out order” I’d probably have an entire Bitcoin at this point.
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Lol…you’d love our reports.
Impression comes first. The PE template has yes or no as item #1. You can get a binary PE answer after reading at most a few words in to the report.
We believe reading the findings section should generally be optional, but most often ignored (for the clinician), unless the impression section specifically alludes to important details that won’t be repeated (often with “, as below” to keep reports as short as possible).
In training, I could get away with “ CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis with IV contrast and no comparison is negative.” And sign the report. Those were the days.
Amen and yes I would.