RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Open access neuroimaging for general practitioners--diagnostic yield and influence on patient management.
JF British Journal of General Practice
JO Br J Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 33
OP 35
VO 52
IS 474
A1 White, Philip M
A1 Halliday-Pegg, Jacqueline C
A1 Collie, Donald A
YR 2002
UL http://bjgp.org/content/52/474/33.abstract
AB 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.