Best practice in primary care pathology: review 10. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • 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 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 rather than evidence-based. They will be updated periodically to take account of new information.

publication date

  • May 11, 2007

Research

keywords

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
  • Drug Monitoring
  • Glomerular Filtration Rate
  • Prenatal Care
  • Primary Health Care

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC2095485

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 36048983833

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1136/jcp.2007.048512

PubMed ID

  • 17496187

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 60

issue

  • 11