Emergency Medicine Journal, June 2008 In a commentary, UTMB Dr. Jerry Baskerville wrote: "Physicians must always assure that the benefit of testing outweighs the risk of failure to diagnose, as well as morbidity and mortality from the test itself. Physicians and patients must be made aware of and understand the risks of MDCT testing. The question is - when do we begin to inform the patient and family, in an understandable and empathetic manner, of this very real risk?"