The bedside examination: a time for analysis and appropriate action.
The number of mobile-unit examinations is increasing dramatically. Their disadvantages--expense, frustration, and, most importantly, poor patient care--are well known. It is imperative that the number of such examinations be reduced to a minimum. The remainder, which require studies outside the department, warrant the effort and expense of a new technology such as that developed for other "special" procedures.
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