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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Gavin Spickett
This sixth best practice review examines four series of common primary care questions in laboratory medicine: (1) laboratory monitoring in hypertension and heart failure abnormalities; (2) markers of inflammatory joint disease; (3) laboratory investigation of chronic diarrhoea; and (4) mumps and chickenpox. The review is presented in question-answer format, referenced for each question series. The recommendations represent a precis 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 based rather than evidence based. They will be updated periodically to take account of new information.
Author(s): Smellie WSA, Forth J, Coleman JJ, Irvine W, Dore PC, Handley G, Williams DG, Galloway PJ, Kerr KG, Herriot R, Spickett GP, Reynolds TM
Publication type: Review
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Clinical Pathology
Year: 2007
Volume: 60
Issue: 3
Pages: 225-234
Print publication date: 01/03/2007
ISSN (print): 0021-9746
ISSN (electronic): 1472-4146
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jcp.2006.040014
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2006.040014
PubMed id: 16822875
