Prediagnosis pathway benchmarking audit in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Vasantha Lakshmi GowdaMiguel FernandezManish PrasadAnne-Marie ChildsImelda HughesSandya TirupathiChristian Gaudentius Engelbert Lourens De GoedeDeclan O'RourkeDeepak ParasuramanTracey WillisSamira SaberianIan DavidsonPublished in: Archives of disease in childhood (2021)
Majority of data mirrored the benchmark audit. However, while the time to diagnosis was shorter, a presentational delay was observed. Failure to recognise early symptoms of DMD could be a contributing factor and represents an unmet need in the diagnosis pathway. Methods determining how to improve this need to be explored.