In fact, he said, a quarter of emergency room patients with symptoms suggestive of a stroke are not actually having one.
Future improvements are up to both patients and doctors, who must remain alert to the possibility of appendicitis when suggestive symptoms occur.
Even sophisticated physicians sometimes have difficulty telling quickly whether a patient who has symptoms suggestive of heart attack is really having one.
These were people who came to me because they had symptoms suggestive of Lyme disease.
Occasionally, the pressure measurement may be normal despite very suggestive symptoms.
Persons with clinical symptoms and signs suggestive of CAP should have a chest radiograph.
In India, a sizable proportion of the people with symptoms suggestive of pulmonary tuberculosis approach the private sector for their immediate health care needs.
However failure to report suggestive symptoms or delays in considering the possibility of immunosuppression and its testing, can lead to fatalities.
Prior to the easy availability of plasma amino acid measurement, diagnosis was commonly made based on suggestive symptoms and odor.
If other neurologic symptoms suggestive of myelopathy are present, without pain, the clinician should evaluate for spinal cord tumor.