Imaging patients with suspected brain tumour: guidance for primary care
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Imaging patients with suspected brain tumour: guidance for primary care
David P Kernick, Fayyaz Ahmed, Anish Bahra, Andrew Dowson, Giles Elrington,. Manuela Fontebasso, Nicola J Giffin, Sue Lipscombe, Anne MacGregor,.
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Imaging patients with suspected brain tumour: guidance for primary care David P Kernick, Fayyaz Ahmed, Anish Bahra, Andrew Dowson, Giles Elrington, Manuela Fontebasso, Nicola J Giffin, Sue Lipscombe, Anne MacGregor, Richard Peatfield, Stuart Weatherby, Tom Whitmarsh and Peter J Goadsby INTRODUCTION
ABSTRACT The number of referrals by primary care practitioners to secondary care neurology services, particularly for headache, may be difficult to justify. Access to imaging by primary care practitioners could avoid referral without compromising patient outcomes, but the decision to refer is based on a number of complex factors. Due to the paucity of rigorous evidence in this area, available data are combined with expert opinion to offer support for GPs. The study suggests management for three levels of risk of tumour: red flags >1%; orange flags 0.1–1%; and yellow flags
