title: Best practice in primary care pathology: review 7.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Pathology, Bishop Auckland General Hospital, Cockton Hill Road, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, UK. info@smellie.com
authors.forename: W S A
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Smellie
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Forth
authors.forename: S R S
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Smart
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Galloway
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Irving
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bareford
authors.forename: P O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Collinson
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Summerfield
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Carey
authors.forename: Rubin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Minhas
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007960:Leukocyte Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood; D010338:Pathology, Clinical / Q000379:methods*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D014336:Troponin / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D014336:Troponin