PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - W S A Smellie
AU  - C A M McNulty
AU  - P O Collinson
AU  - N Shaw
AU  - R Bowley
TI  - Best practice in primary care pathology: review 12
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.2009.073510
DP  - 2010 Apr 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 330--336
VI  - 63
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/63/4/330.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/63/4/330.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol2010 Apr 01; 63
AB  - 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.