Best practice in primary care pathology: review 12. Issue 4 (30th March 2010)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Smellie, W S A; McNulty, C A M; Collinson, P O; Shaw, N; Bowley, R
• Is Part Of: Journal of clinical pathology. Volume 63:Issue 4(2010)
• Page Start: 330
• Page End: 336
• Publication Date: 2010-03-30
• Subjects: Epilepsy -- heart -- microbiology -- MRSA; Pathology -- Periodicals; Pathology, Molecular -- Periodicals; 616.0705
• DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2009.073510
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-9746

Abstract

Abstract : This twelfth best practice review examines four series of common primary care questions in laboratory medicine: (i) antiepileptic drug monitoring; (ii) infectious diarrhoea; (iii) methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus ; and (iv) brain natriuretic peptide. 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.