View Single Post
Old 12-19-2013, 18:05   #86
ender18d
Quiet Professional
 
ender18d's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Pineland
Posts: 168
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sacamuelas View Post
I didn't say some academic won't put that on a board exam. They like to pull out wild Dx for common symptoms for standardized tests... HaHa

We had all sorts of "what ifs" drilled into us as well during school.... they are good to know when you've run through a very thorough process of ruling out the more likely causes. Just trying to give some scale to the problem so that our members knew how unlikely IE is from dental procedures.
Roger that sir! This is some great real world info that may prevent me from pulling a zebra out of my back pocket on rounds one day and looking like a typical med student.
__________________
Medicina Bona Locis Malis
ender18d is offline   Reply With Quote