The evaluation of distal symmetric polyneuropathy: A physician survey of clinical practice

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 339-345

  Callaghan, Brian C ^a   Kerber, Kevin ^a   Smith, Andrea L ^a   Fendrick, A Mark ^a   Feldman, Eva L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISTAL SYMMETRICAL POLYNEUROPATHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; INTERNIST; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIST; NEUROMUSCULAR SPECIALIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; SHORT SURVEY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STUDENT T TEST; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYSICIANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIALIZATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84863344760     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2011.1735     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Bharucha NE, Bharucha AE, Bharucha EP. Prevalence of peripheral neuropathy in the Parsi community of Bombay. Neurology. 1991;41(8):1315-1317.
2. Gregg EW, Sorlie P, Paulose-Ram R, et al. Prevalence of lower-extremity disease in the US adult population >=40 years of age with and without diabetes: 1999-2000 national health and nutrition examination survey. Diabetes Care. 2004; 27(7):1591-1597. (Pubitemid 38857431)
3. Savettieri G, Rocca WA, Salemi G, et al Sicilian Neuro-Epidemiologic Study (SNES) Group. Prevalence of diabetic neuropathy with somatic symptoms: a door-to- door survey in two Sicilian municipalities. Neurology. 1993;43(6):1115-1120. (Pubitemid 23177709)
4. Martyn CN, Hughes RA. Epidemiology of peripheral neuropathy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1997;62(4):310-318. (Pubitemid 27199100)
5. Palumbo PJ, Elveback LR, Whisnant JP. Neurologic complications of diabetes mellitus: transient ischemic attack, stroke, and peripheral neuropathy. Adv Neurol. 1978;19:593-601.
6. Beghi E, Monticelli ML; Italian General Practitioner Study Group (IGPST). Chronic symmetric symptomatic polyneuropathy in the elderly: a field screening investigation of risk factors for polyneuropathy in two Italian communities. J Clin Epidemiol. 1998;51(8):697-702. (Pubitemid 28404364)
7. Fagius J. Chronic cryptogenic polyneuropathy. The search for a cause. Acta Neurol Scand. 1983;67(3):173-180. (Pubitemid 13121066)
8. Lubec D, Müllbacher W, Finsterer J, Mamoli B. Diagnostic work-up in peripheral neuropathy: an analysis of 171 cases. Postgrad Med J. 1999;75(890):723-727.
9. England JD, Gronseth GS, Franklin G, et al. Practice parameter: evaluation of distal symmetric polyneuropathy: role of laboratory and genetic testing (an evidencebased review): report of the American Academy of Neurology, American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, and American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Neurology. 2009;72(2):185-192.
10. Young PL, Olsen LA; Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine; Institute of Medicine. The Healthcare Imperative: Lowering Costs and Improving Outcomes: Workshop Series Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2010.
11. Length RV. Java Applets for power and sample size [computer program]. 2006-2009. University of Iowa Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science Web site. http://www.stat.uiowa.edu/~rlenth/Power/. Accessed September 14, 2011.
12. Dillman D, ed. Mail and Internet Surveys: The Tailored Design Method. 2nd ed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons; 2007.
13. Ash LM, Modic MT, Obuchowski NA, Ross JS, Brant-Zawadzki MN, Grooff PN. Effects of diagnostic information, per se, on patient outcomes in acute radiculopathy and low back pain. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2008;29(6):1098-1103. (Pubitemid 351954875)
14. Novella SP, Inzucchi SE, Goldstein JM. The frequency of undiagnosed diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance in patients with idiopathic sensory neuropathy. Muscle Nerve. 2001;24(9):1229-1231. (Pubitemid 32762153)
15. Roudsari B, Jarvik JG. Lumbar spine MRI for low back pain: indications and yield. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2010;195(3):550-559.
16. Singleton JR, Smith AG, Bromberg MB. Increased prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance in patients with painful sensory neuropathy. Diabetes Care. 2001; 24(8):1448-1453. (Pubitemid 33716436)
17. Fisher ES, Wennberg DE, Stukel TA, Gottlieb DJ, Lucas FL, Pinder EL. The implications of regional variations in Medicare spending, part 1: the content, quality, and accessibility of care. Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(4):273-287. (Pubitemid 36205924)
18. Dyck PJ, Dyck PJ, Klein CJ, Weigand SD. Does impaired glucose metabolism cause polyneuropathy? review of previous studies and design of a prospective controlled population-based study. Muscle Nerve. 2007;36(4):536-541. (Pubitemid 47512081)
19. Hughes RA, Umapathi T, Gray IA, et al. A controlled investigation of the cause of chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy. Brain. 2004;127(pt 8):1723-1730. (Pubitemid 39061549)
20. Kissel JT. Peripheral neuropathy with impaired glucose tolerance: a sweet smell of success? Arch Neurol. 2006;63(8):1055-1056.
21. Knowler WC, Barrett-Connor E, Fowler SE, et al Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. Reduction in the incidence of type 2 diabetes with lifestyle intervention or metformin. N Engl J Med. 2002;346(6):393-403. (Pubitemid 34437694)
22. Smith AG, Russell J, Feldman EL, et al. Lifestyle intervention for pre-diabetic neuropathy. Diabetes Care. 2006;29(6):1294-1299. (Pubitemid 44125925)
23. Böer K, Deufel T. Quantitation of serum free light chains does not compensate for serum immunofixation only when screening for monoclonal gammopathies. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2009;47(9):1109-1115.
24. Kahn SN, Bina M. Sensitivity of immunofixation electrophoresis for detecting IgM paraproteins in serum. Clin Chem. 1988;34(8):1633-1635.
25. Whicher JT, Hawkins L, Higginson J. Clinical applications of immunofixation: a more sensitive technique for the detection of Bence Jones protein. J Clin Pathol. 1980;33(8):779-780. (Pubitemid 10053665)
26. Kelly JJ Jr, Kyle RA, O'Brien PC, Dyck PJ. Prevalence of monoclonal protein in peripheral neuropathy. Neurology. 1981;31(11):1480-1483. (Pubitemid 12228290)