Open access neuroimaging for general practitioners--diagnostic yield and influence on patient management.
This study assessed the first year of a regional general practitioner (GP) open-access neuroimaging service, to determine diagnostic yield and influence on patient management. Overall, 48.1% of examinations demonstrated a radiologically significant abnormality with 64.1% of spinal imaging examinations demonstrating significant findings. Utilised appropriately, a regional open-access neuroimaging service has good diagnostic yield and may influence the management of most referred patients.
White
Philip M
PM
Department of Neuroradiology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh. pmw@skull.dcn.ed.ac.uk
Halliday-Pegg
Jacqueline C
JC
Collie
Donald A
DA
D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000592:standards; D010346:Patient Care Management; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D012606:Scotland; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000592:standards