P.025 Is this headache normal?: Assessing electronic referrals for headache from primary care physicians
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Headache Diagnosis In Primary Care
Introduction: Doctors in primary care are responsible for diagnosing and managing patients with headache, but frequently lack confidence in doing so. We aimed to compare Family Practitioners’ (FPs) diagnosis of headaches to classification based on a symptom questionnaire, and to describe how classification links to other important clinical features. Methods: This was an observational study of p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0317-1671,2057-0155
DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2018.127