FIGURE 2. Proposed guidelines for determining when to obtain brain PET study in evaluation of geriatric patients with early symptoms of cognitive decline. H & P = history and physical examination; exam = examination; o/w = otherwise; bleed = bleeding; neurol. = neurologic; neurosurg. = neurosurgical; consult = consultation; NEG = negative; POS = positive; Labs = laboratory tests; ID = infectious disease; Endocrin. = endocrinology; Psych = psychology.

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