Understanding Risk

• Definition of minimal medical risk is unclear

  • Inconvenience or discomfort
  • Risk of tympanocentesis (Janofsky and Starfield, J Peds)
    • 14% minimal risk
    • 46% minor increase over minimal risk
    • 40% more than minor increase over minimal risk

• Minimal risk as a threshold

• Minimizing risk

• Risk may be context dependant

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