title: The pediatric office laboratory. A look at recent trends.
abstract: The office laboratory has experienced an explosive growth in this decade as a result of technological advances and changes in reimbursement and regulatory practices. An evaluation of currently available methods, however, suggests that tests appropriate for the pediatric office laboratory today are similar to those recommended in a critical appraisal of pediatric laboratory medicine in 1974. This underscores the fact that the patient and not the technology dictates the tests to be performed.
authors.affiliation: University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Pysher
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Daly
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006268:Health Facilities; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D010372:Pediatrics; D010824:Physicians' Offices; D011786:Quality Control; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
chemical_list: D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic