RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Best practice in primary care pathology: review 10
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 1195
OP 1204
DO 10.1136/jcp.2007.048512
VO 60
IS 11
A1 Smellie, W S A
A1 Shaw, N
A1 Bowley, R
A1 Stewart, M F
A1 Kelly, A M
A1 Twomey, P J
A1 Chadwick, P R
A1 Houghton, J B
A1 Ng, J P
A1 McCulloch, A J
YR 2007
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/60/11/1195.abstract
AB This tenth best practice review examines four series of common primary care questions in laboratory medicine: (i) antenatal testing in pregnant women; (ii) estimated glomerular filtration rate calculation; (iii) safety testing for methotrexate; and (iv) blood glucose measurement in diabetes. The review is presented in question–answer format, referenced for each question series. The recommendations represent a précis of guidance found using a standardised literature search of national and international guidance notes, consensus statements, health policy documents and evidence-based medicine reviews, supplemented by Medline Embase searches to identify relevant primary research documents. They are not standards but form a guide to be set in the clinical context. Most are consensus rather than evidence-based. They will be updated periodically to take account of new information.