Kevin Pho, MD

A practicing, board-certified internal medicine physician and the founder and editor of KevinMD.

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Physician voices

Is the physical exam dying in American medicine?

Kevin Pho, MD

February 8, 2006Feb 8, 200631

I have written before that the physical exam is useless in American medicine:This is why the physical exam is useless in American medicine - it cannot hold up in court. Clinical evaluation and judgment skills now needs to be supported…

I have written before that the physical exam is useless in American medicine:

This is why the physical exam is useless in American medicine – it cannot hold up in court. Clinical evaluation and judgment skills now needs to be supported with objective, and often expensive, tests. Here we have a case of three separate physicians who, in their clinical opinion, did not feel a CT scan was warranted.

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Conditions and diseases

Patent foramen ovale and Tedy Bruschi’s 2005 stroke

Kevin Pho, MD

March 15, 2005Mar 15, 200512

It was just reported that Tedy Bruschi is undergoing surgery for a hole in his heart:New England Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi -- who once played for the University of Arizona - is back in the hospital tonight, according to sources…

It was just reported that Tedy Bruschi is undergoing surgery for a hole in his heart:

New England Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi — who once played for the University of Arizona – is back in the hospital tonight, according to sources in Tucson and Boston.

The team isn’t confirming this news yet, but KOLD News 13 has learned Bruschi is undergoing surgery to repair a hole in his heart.

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Patient voices

Is denial always bad for seriously ill patients?

Kevin Pho, MD

February 28, 2005Feb 28, 2005

Much denial-blogging today. Alisha's mother-in-law won't accept physical limitations imposed by her cancer. Orac tries to help a patient who rejects her malignant biopsy results. What is denial, and how should we approach it? (Pause for a quick check -…

Much denial-blogging today. Alisha’s mother-in-law won’t accept physical limitations imposed by her cancer. Orac tries to help a patient who rejects her malignant biopsy results. What is denial, and how should we approach it? (Pause for a quick check – has the Cheerful Oncologist posted about this yet? No? I’d love to know what he thinks!) Here’s Dr. Simon Wein, MD, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering …

Conditions and diseases

Tedy Bruschi’s 2005 stroke and what causes a brain bleed

Kevin Pho, MD

February 17, 2005Feb 17, 2005

As has been reported, Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi has been hospitalized with some kind of intracerebral bleed. As one can imagine, this is big news here in New England.Here's what we know so far:Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi will remain hospitalized…

As has been reported, Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi has been hospitalized with some kind of intracerebral bleed. As one can imagine, this is big news here in New England.

Here’s what we know so far:

Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi will remain hospitalized while he undergoes additional tests after suffering a broken blood vessel in his head, a Patriots team source told The Boston Globe on Thursday.

Bruschi,

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Conditions and diseases

Why testicular cancer is diagnosed without a biopsy

Kevin Pho, MD

February 12, 2005Feb 12, 200528

Man sues over "botched" testicular surgery: Another frivolous lawsuit?"A man is suing a hospital and one of its surgeons, claiming one of his testicles was wrongly removed during surgery.Danny Curtis claims the surgeon at Kern Medical Center did not conduct…

Man sues over “botched” testicular surgery: Another frivolous lawsuit?
“A man is suing a hospital and one of its surgeons, claiming one of his testicles was wrongly removed during surgery.

Danny Curtis claims the surgeon at Kern Medical Center did not conduct a biopsy before arranging urgent surgery to remove a testicular tumor in July 2004, according to the lawsuit filed in Kern County Superior Court.”

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