And what age group would that be? Personally, am not sure I'd accept a
1-in-200 risk for the sake of an LP. Even if my background risk was
1-in-1000 (assuming I'm in your age group), at least I can actively work on
the preventable areas of my background risk (diet/exercise etc), while I
just have to learn to accept those areas outside of my control
(age/gender/family history etc).
AF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Stewart" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: Risk tolerance
>A quick search puts the all-cause mortality rate for my age group at a
>little under 1 in 1000 (as of 2004). Aiming for a risk of lower than this
>from any specific problem seems excessive to me, so I'd probably accept a
>risk of death of around this level.
>
> Without knowing off-hand the likelihood or mortality risk of a further
> bleed, I'd probably accept a probability of missed diagnosis of SAH in the
> 1:200-1:500 range.
>
> Michael
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Accident and Emergency Academic List
>>[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Paul Bailey
>>Sent: 28 February 2006 13:00
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Risk tolerance
>>
>>
>>I'm going to change the question.
>>
>> What risk of SAH would you *personally* tolerate and not have an LP *if*
>> you could be guaranteed that LP would rule out the disease.
>>
>>Ie what is your personal risk tolerance threshold.
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