Fact Based List:
American Academy of Neurology: Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 16:21
- Don’t perform electroencephalography (EEG) for headaches.
- Don’t perform imaging of the carotid arteries for simple syncope without other neurologic symptoms.
- Don’t use opioid or butalbital treatment for migraine except as a last resort.
- Don’t prescribe interferon-beta or glatiramer acetate to patients with disability from progressive, non-relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis.
- Don’t recommend CEA for asymptomatic carotid stenosis unless the complication rate is low (<3%).
Source: Choosing Wisely, ABIM Foundation
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