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American Academy of Neurology: Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 16:21


  1. Don’t perform electroencephalography (EEG) for headaches.
  2. Don’t perform imaging of the carotid arteries for simple syncope without other neurologic symptoms.
  3. Don’t use opioid or butalbital treatment for migraine except as a last resort.
  4. Don’t prescribe interferon-beta or glatiramer acetate to patients with disability from progressive, non-relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis.
  5. Don’t recommend CEA for asymptomatic carotid stenosis unless the complication rate is low (<3%).


Source: Choosing Wisely, ABIM Foundation
Source URL: http://www.choosingwisely.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Cho...



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