Can acute abdominal CT prioritize patients with suspected diverticulitis for a subsequent clean colonic examination?
Use of an emergency acute CT scan at the time of diagnosis of diverticulitis to predict a clean colon examination for neoplasia is not reliable because there is a considerable degree of interobserver difference between radiologists.
One third of new referrals to general neurology clinics have symptoms that are poorly explained by identifiable organic disease. These patients were disabled and distressed. They deserve more attention.