The Consistency Between Clinical and Electrophysiological Diagnoses

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dc.contributor.authorOkuyucu, Esra E.
dc.contributor.authorTurhanoglu, Ayse D.
dc.contributor.authorDuman, Taskin
dc.contributor.authorSavas, Nazan
dc.contributor.authorMengulluoglu, Necdet
dc.contributor.authorMelek, Ismet M.
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-18T20:16:46Z
dc.date.available2024-09-18T20:16:46Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.departmentHatay Mustafa Kemal Ãœniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractObjective: The aim of this study was to provide information concerning the impact of electrophysiological tests in the clinical management and diagnosis of patients, and to evaluate the consistency between referring clinical diagnoses and electrophysiological diagnoses. Patients and Methods: The study included 957 patients referred to the electroneuromyography (ENMG) laboratory from different clinics with different clinical diagnoses in 2008. Demographic data, referring clinical diagnoses, the clinics where the requests wanted, and diagnoses after ENMG testing were recorded and statistically evaluated. Results: In all, 957 patients [ 644 (67.3%) female and 313 (32.7%) male] were included in the study. Mean age of the patients was 45.40 +/- 14.54 years. ENMG requests were made by different specialists; 578 (60.4%) patients were referred by neurologists, 122 (12.8%) by orthopedics, 140 (14.6%) by neurosurgeons, and 117 (12.2%) by physical treatment and rehabilitation departments. According to the results of ENMG testing, 513 (53.6%) patients' referrals were related to their referral diagnosis, whereas 397 (41.5%) patients had normal ENMG test results, and 47 (4.9%) patients had a diagnosis that differed from the referring diagnosis. Among the relation between the referral diagnosis and electrophysiological diagnosis according to the clinics where the requests were made, there was no statistical difference (p= 0.794), but there were statistically significant differences between the support of different clinical diagnoses, such as carpal tunnel syndrome, polyneuropathy, radiculopathy-plexopathy, entrapment neuropathy, and myopathy based on ENMG test results (p< 0.001). Conclusion: ENMG is a frequently used neurological examination. As such, referrals for ENMG can be made to either support the referring diagnosis or to exclude other diagnoses. This may explain the inconsistency between clinical referring diagnoses and diagnoses following ENMG.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage133en_US
dc.identifier.issn1301-062X
dc.identifier.issn1309-2545
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage129en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/9738
dc.identifier.volume15en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000217503300005en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTurkish Neurological Socen_US
dc.relation.ispartofTurkish Journal of Neurologyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectElectromyographyen_US
dc.subjectneural conductionen_US
dc.subjectclinical diagnosisen_US
dc.subjectelectrodiagnosisen_US
dc.subjectconsistencyen_US
dc.titleThe Consistency Between Clinical and Electrophysiological Diagnosesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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