The clinical utility and evaluation of drug screening techniques.
A better understanding of the methods of drug detection, their sensitivities, and limitations increases the efficiency of medical decision making for better patient care. Many of the sociomedical and medicolegal questions are yet to be answered through court challenge. The physician must remember his or her role as a clinician, and practice the art in a fashion that best serves the interest of his or her teenage patient.
D000293:Adolescent; D002845:Chromatography; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay; D008297:Male; D013048:Specimen Handling; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014116:Toxicology / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards