Comparison of Outpatient Satisfaction Survey Scores for Asian Physicians and Non-Hispanic White Physicians.

Importance: Patient satisfaction scores are used to inform decisions about physician compensation, and there remains a lack of consensus regarding the need to adjust scores for patient race/ethnicity. Previous research suggests that patients prefer physicians of the same race/ethnicity as themselves and that Asian patients provide lower satisfaction scores than non-Hispanic white patients.

Objective: To examine whether Asian physicians receive less favorable patient satisfaction scores relative to non-Hispanic white physicians.

"Blush at first sight": significance of computed tomographic and angiographic discrepancy in patients with blunt abdominal trauma.

Background: "Blush," defined as a focal area of contrast pooling within a hematoma, is frequently encountered in patients with severe blunt torso trauma. Contemporary clinical practice guidelines recommend the use of angiography with embolization in all hemodynamically stable patients with evidence of active extravasation. Patients presenting with blush visualized on computed tomography (CT), but not demonstrated on subsequent angiography, present a challenging clinical dilemma.