NO DRUG THERAPY IN PRIMARY CARE (REFERRAL & ADVICE)
Umbrella category for benign, malignant, or uncertain-behaviour tumours of the brain, spinal cord, or nerves (e.g. astrocytoma, meningioma, ependymoma); the GP's role is recognising red-flag neurological symptoms and arranging urgent imaging and neurosurgical/oncology referral, with dexamethasone or an anticonvulsant sometimes started for interim symptom control. - Refer, with advice
Children follow the same pathway: recognise and refer. No primary-care medicine is implied.
No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
Umbrella category for benign, malignant, or uncertain-behaviour tumours of the brain, spinal cord, or nerves (e.g. astrocytoma, meningioma, ependymoma); the GP's role is recognising red-flag neurological symptoms and arranging urgent imaging and neurosurgical/oncology referral, with dexamethasone or an anticonvulsant sometimes started for interim symptom control.
- No medicine is prescribed for this in primary care - this entry is for recognition and referral. Anything given is decided by the service it is referred to.
- RED FLAG - A progressive focal neurological deficit, a new headache that wakes the patient at night or is worse lying down, papilloedema or a new seizure, or early morning vomiting.