GCA Fast Track Pathway, outcomes from a 3 year audit cycle presented
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Baqai, Tanya
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Clinical Audit
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Giant cell arteritis , GCA , diagnostic pathway
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Abstract
The Luton GCA diagnostic pathway in 2015 had a high level of sight loss and low level of secure diagnosis (termed traditional model)
In Jan 2016, the Luton Rheumatology-led, ultrasound driven GCA Fast Track Pathway was introduced to address this
Annual audit over three years identified areas for progressive and realistic improvement and re-audit.