title: [A neurologic day care clinic. Presentation of the concept, and the first 271 patients].
abstract: Most of the patients remitted to this service are former inpatients who need more comprehensive examinations than usually performed in an ordinary outpatient setting. They attend for one or more days during office hours, spending the night at home or in a hotel. Investigative procedures are ordered in advance, and the patients receive written information about the various tests beforehand. Of the first 271 patients, 206 attended for one day, 63 for two days and two for three days. The examinations comprised 81 by lumbar myeloradiculography, 59 EMG, 56 EEG, 46 cerebral CT scan, 33 SER (somatosensory evoked response), 32 BAER (brainstem auditory evoked response), and 16 VER (visual evoked response). A spinal fluid tap was performed in 49 patients, muscle biopsy in five patients, and 51 were examined by doppler of the precerebral arteries. The fact that the patients attend for one or more days instead of one hour is also of great benefit for teaching and research purposes.
authors.affiliation: Nevrologisk avdeling, Regionsykehuset i Tromsø.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lillebø
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Mellgren
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Selseth
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000379:methods; D009462:Neurology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009664:Norway; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*
vernacular_title: Neurologisk dagpoliklinikk. En presentasjon av ideen, og de første 271 pasientene.