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Clinician frustration with questionable diagnostic decisions and documentation

April 6, 2026r/emergencymedicine

In r emergencymedicine, clinicians vent about peers downplaying workups like EKGs for chest pain and about vague radiology language, reflecting anxiety about missed diagnoses and defensive practice.

"I don't think an EKG is clinically indicated"
Doctor: (For chest pain) Okkk👀ay
Anyway this doctor is bias because he is a previous federal employee
Please correlate clinically
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