Data complete?
Evaluation appropriate?
Number of factors that may have placed the patient at risk for acquiring prions
Should surgery be delayed pending an evaluation of the patient by someone familiar with CJD and related conditions?
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Purpose: To screen a patient prior to surgery for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) or related condition using the questions of Struthers et al.
Specialty: Infectious Diseases
Objective: clinical diagnosis, including family history for genetics
ICD-10: A81.0,