Scientists from the University of Maryland in the USA have made the top especially ineffective diagnostic procedures and treatment methods, as reported by ScienceAlert. According to experts, before to comply unconditionally with all the doctor appointments, it is useful to request additional information about the benefits of the proposed treatment.
The list is useless in essence procedures the experts have created, pre-analyzing the information from the database of biological and medical publications, PubMed. For the analysis the researchers searched using as key words “excessive treatment” and “unnecessary.” The obtained data helped the researchers to determine which pills and procedures, prescribed by doctors, useless. According to experts, such procedures are often prescribed by doctors who don’t want to spend time on more effective diagnosis.
In particular, the list of useless was included computed tomographic angiography is recommended for patients respiratornye disorders. This procedure makes a person to unnecessary radiation.
Also skeptical experts estimate necessity of such procedures as ultrasound of carotid artery and stenting. According to estimates of scientists, in 9 of 10 cases they are held for nothing. In addition, error science experts believe removal of the prostate patients treating prostate cancer. They note that the survival rate in the treatment of prostate cancer in patients who have prostate and in patients who did not uninstalled – virtually the same.
In addition to this useless have recognized the procedure of obtaining supplementary oxygen to patients with COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Experiments have shown that oxygen does not improve the condition of the lungs in patients with this disease.
There is a great need for scientists and transesophageal echocardiography is the study of the heart, involves placing an ultrasonic transducer in the esophagus. The doctors think that it is easier to do an electrocardiogram, the effect is the same.
Earlier Magicforum wrote about what nine unusual symptoms may indicate the probable heart problems.