TY - JOUR T1 - Best practice in primary care pathology: review 7 JF - Journal of Clinical Pathology JO - J Clin Pathol SP - 458 LP - 465 DO - 10.1136/jcp.2006.042994 VL - 60 IS - 5 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 Y1 - 2007/05/01 UR - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/60/5/458.abstract N2 - 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. ER -