title: Changes in the use of EEG following clinical audit.
abstract: An audit of the clinical use of EEG in mentally handicapped patients was performed over a three-year period. EEG requests seemed inappropriate in more than one-quarter of cases. Changes in clinical practice during the 10 months following presentation of these audit results were examined. There was a marked reduction in EEG requests, which were subsequently used in a more cost-effective and clinically appropriate way. There was also a reduction in the time taken to process requests.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, Watford.
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Puri
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Obaydi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications; D008131:London; D008297:Male; D008485:Medical Audit; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis