MP24-03 UNDERSTANDING THE PRODROME OF BLADDER CANCER AND MISSED OPPORTUNITIES FOR EARLIER DIAGNOSES

Missed opportunities for coronary heart disease diagnoses: primary care experience.

AIM To investigate missed opportunities to reveal existing but not formerly diagnosed coronary heart disease cases and related risk factors in primary health care. METHODS The study comprised 850 people aged over 30 years with no known history of coronary heart disease, receiving health services from a primary care center located in a suburban area of Antalya, Turkey. Data on their age, gende...

Missed opportunities for earlier HIV diagnosis within primary and secondary healthcare settings in the UK.

OBJECTIVE To identify opportunities for earlier HIV diagnosis within primary and secondary care settings in the UK in Africans with newly diagnosed HIV infection. METHODS A survey of newly diagnosed HIV-positive Africans attending 15 HIV treatment centres across London was conducted between April 2004 and February 2006. The survey consisted of a confidential self-completed questionnaire linke...

Missed Opportunities for the Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer

OBJECTIVE To examine patient and medical characteristics which predict a missed diagnostic opportunity (MDO) for colorectal cancer (CRC). METHODS The sample consisted of 252 patients diagnosed with Stages 1-4 CRC who were diagnosed in the prior six months, had experienced symptoms prior to diagnosis, and were not diagnosed through routine screening. Systematic review of all medical records pr...

Reviewing earlier diagnoses of chromosome.

How many inpatient paediatric units do we need? EDITOR,-In his article on paediatric inpa-tient units, Professor Taylor claims that many present paediatric units are too small to provide safe and cost effective care, do not meet required standards, and should combine into larger units providing specialist children's services.' We would disagree with him, at least with regard to rural communitie...

Author's response to reviews Title: Many Missed Opportunities for Earlier Diagnosis Occur in Patients Diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer Authors: