Supernova Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 Here's a question just out of my own curiosity. How good are surgeons at diagnosing patients compared to someone in another field such as internal medicine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andros Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 I don't think that's a question that can be answered. It all depends on the physician and their specialty. I would argue that general surgeons are better than internists at diagnosing certain presentations of acute abdomen (like leaking AAA) which they probably see more than an internist. But, they might be less likely to diagnose someone with some connective tissue disease. I've seen many consults where the diagnosis is obvious to the consultant but not so to the person putting in the consult (hence, the consult). As an example, ?hernia which turns out to not be a hernia or a consult for a "testicular mass" which turns out to be the patients normal epididymis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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