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Special - Your Doctor's Physical Exam May Be BS

The Body of Evidence

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Is There Any Good Evidence for Meningitis in Physical Exams?

Physical exam findings have been shown to be a they're not very sensitive, but they are specific. When you see them, it confirms what you already believe. If you think that somebody has metingitis, you probably need to do a lumber puncture and get a sample of cerebral spinal fluid in order to actually test it. The exorcist, a was that in the exorcist? I believe so oaton remember, i've never seen that movie. Beginning to end, to be honest with you. But i will tell you an anecdote in patrics, my ptatrics friends really get we do elpes all the time. You know, people are like, futsin around

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