My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points

Her concerns are not without reason.

The relationship between doctors and patients is already highly tense.

Especially after the emergence of this trust crisis, the situation has worsened.

Moreover, the patient has already undergone two postoperative examinations, and now has to undergo an expensive cranial MRI. It's very likely that the family members could cause a ruckus in the ward.

"Our doctors are not omnipotent. The patient's affected venous blood vessels have indeed been cleared by us. Now that the epilepsy has worsened, there can only be two reasons: either it's a hematoma or there are other blood vessels with abnormalities. After so many examinations and repeated discussions before surgery, ordinary vascular abnormalities couldn't remain hidden until now. The most likely scenario would be cerebrovascular anomalies referred to as 'invisible', such as cavernous angioma."

"To proceed with further treatment for the patient, we cannot bypass this issue. To be honest, if it were a postoperative hematoma, a CT scan would have revealed it by now. But after the surgery, the CT scan did not definitively detect a hematoma. Therefore, I believe it is very necessary to perform an MRI."

Compared to a CT scan, the results of an MRI are clearer and more precise.

Indeed, it was the advent of MRI that allowed many tumor diseases to be easily diagnosed by doctors.

It has unique advantages not found in ultrasound, X-ray, or CT.

Director Wen lowers his head in contemplation.

As a chief physician, he certainly has his own considerations.

Zhou Can's opinion was just to provide a reference.

The doctors in the group continued the discussion, each offering their thoughts.

Gradually, the view that an MRI should be performed became more widely accepted.

Everyone used the process of elimination.

They methodically ruled out possible scenarios one by one.

Eventually, they concluded that the likelihood of a cavernous angioma was quite high.

Because cavernous angiomas have one characteristic: their vessel walls are extremely thin. Indeed, during the surgery, it could have been possible for them to rupture and bleed.

An ultrasound of the head could also have some diagnostic significance.

However, the family members had already made such a commotion.

Every test the doctors ordered was made with the utmost caution.

Otherwise, the family might think that the doctors were deliberately trying to make money, not only failing to produce effective surgical results but also having the patient repeat all the tests after surgery.

"After careful consideration, I've decided to apply for a cranial MRI for the patient. Tang Li, you've always had good communication skills and a strong affinity. Could you communicate with the family members?"

A medical team should have all kinds of talent.

Maintaining good communication with family members is also an important matter.

"Okay, I'll communicate with the family members right away."

She eagerly agreed and seemed quite confident.

Female medical staff naturally have certain advantages when communicating with family members.

They are more likely to be accepted by family members.

And they are gentler.

"Just have an honest conversation. Explain the detailed discussion results to the family members and let them understand that there is indeed a possibility of dual foci causing the patient's epilepsy to worsen."

Director Wen gave his guidance.

Many more complex diseases tend to have dual foci.

It's like finding a mouse at home, suggesting there might be many more in the neighborhood.

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Half an hour later, Tang Li came back after communicating with the family members.

Her expression was relaxed, and she even had a faint smile.

This indicated that the talk went well.

"The family members have agreed to the MRI. After the communication, their trust in us has also increased considerably. Now, we just hope that we can indeed find the focus!"

Her biggest worry was that the MRI would still yield no results.

If that happened, all regained trust would be completely lost.

The family would have no trust in the hospital at all.

After a long wait, good news came again.

The cranial MRI of the patient revealed a relatively large cerebrovascular abnormality inside the skull.

The doctors in the department of medical technology are actually quite skilled at reading images.

They were able to point out the problem accurately.

Marking the size of the affected area, the nature of the lesions, and so on.

Director Wen couldn't wait to take the MRI images and carefully examine them against the light.

A smile of excitement gradually appeared on his face.

"Great, this is fantastic! It really is a cavernous angioma. This troublesome thing, it was hidden so well! It almost destroyed my lifetime reputation." In his extreme joy, he even used the term "old man" for himself.

This caused the doctors under him to smile knowingly.

"Xiao Zhou, you've done an outstanding job. Honestly, if you hadn't performed a rigorous analysis and insisted on an MRI for the patient, I might have been indecisive. Our group formally invites you to join, and I will apply for you to have access to the group's internal account so you can view patient cases in the group at any time. If there are good diagnostic results, you can also report them to me at any time."

For Director Wen, a man who cares so much about face, to give such high praise to Zhou Can in public, was really not easy.