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Good Afternoon. Pls advise what does it mean to be correlated clinically in an asymptomatic patient ... Chest x-ray says.. No findings.. CT scan says no findings. But it's written there to be correlated clinically.. It was a part of health check up done routine.
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Hi... since your chest X-ray & CT scan is normal, nothing to worry...
All investigations like xray, CT scan, Ultrasound scan, MRI ... have a General protocol in the end telling.. To Correlate Clinically...
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Nothing to worry...it’s a general statement in all reports..
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If the both X-ray and CT scan are normal then there is nothing to worry about. It is a part of protocol to write correlate clinically which the radiologists write as they are sometimes unaware about the patients history.
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Regular health check up
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Hello, in medical examination of a patient...clinical examination is the most important aspect...radiological examination alone cannot confirm the diagnosis...it only supports a clinical examination finding..hence it is always mentioned correlate clinically
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Dr. Dharmendra Singh
General Physician
17 yrs exp
Indore
In all investigations it is usually written correlate clinical ly.Because radiologist given his opinion and now clinician have to decide as per findings
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Dr. Soudip Saha
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5 yrs exp
South 24 Parganas
To confirm a diagnosis it has to be correlate with sign and symptoms with diagnostic test.
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If chest x ray and CT scan comes normal then his lower respiratory tract(lungs) is normal.. so rule out URTI... Treat if any infection is there.. If not he is normal
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If its URTI he has to take medicines for that, drink warm water, salt water gurgling
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