PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - W S A Smellie
AU  - J Forth
AU  - S R S Smart
AU  - M J Galloway
AU  - W Irving
AU  - D Bareford
AU  - P O Collinson
AU  - K G Kerr
AU  - G Summerfield
AU  - P J Carey
AU  - Rubin Minhas
TI  - Best practice in primary care pathology: review 7
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.2006.042994
DP  - 2007 May 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 458--465
VI  - 60
IP  - 5
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/60/5/458.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/60/5/458.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol2007 May 01; 60
AB  - This seventh best-practice review examines four series of common primary care questions in laboratory medicine: (1) blood count abnormalities 2; (2) cardiac troponins; (3) high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; and (4) viral diseases 2. The review is presented in a question–answer format, with authorship attributed for each question series. The recommendations are 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. The recommendations 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.