title: Does a specialist voice clinic change ENT clinic diagnosis?
abstract: General ENT clinics lack the high quality diagnostic equipment and multidisciplinary advice that is available in the voice clinic. We wished to find out if referral to a specialist voice clinic from general ENT consultant clinics resulted in a change in diagnosis. Lists of voice clinic attendees were reviewed between January 2003 and May 2004. Notes were obtained for 20 patients who attended voice clinic after referral from a general ENT clinic: 3 had no diagnosis on referral to voice clinic, a diagnosis was given after attendance; 8 had their referring diagnosis changed by attendance; and 9 had no change. The voice clinic adds diagnostic value to the service available in general ENT clinics.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital Trust, London, UK. seamusphillips@hotmail.com
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Chevretton
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D010036:Otolaryngology; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology; D006113:United Kingdom; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*