Read your CTs, folks.

Twice in three shifts now I have had to call the radiologist to point out their mistakes, and it has changed patient care radically. 1. 55 year old fatman. "Its gawtta be muh diverticalosis again, doc." LLQ tenderness. Rebound+. I'm worried about perf. Radiology reads "acute diverticulitis at rectosigmoid junction; no abscess or free air." *RING RING!* "Hello? Dr. Mouthbreather? This is Dr. RustedFox. Take a look at Jack Sprat's CT again. You see all that free air around the spleen? Might... Read your CTs, folks.
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