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ReviewJournal of clinical pathology2006

Best practice in primary care pathology: review 2.

W S Smellie, J O Forth, C A M McNulty, L Hirschowitz, D Lilic, R Gosling, D Bareford, E Logan, K G Kerr, G P Spickett and 3 more

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Review in Journal of clinical pathology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Best practice in primary care pathology: review 10.Journal of clinical pathology · 2007
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  2. Best practice in primary care pathology: review 9.Journal of clinical pathology · 2007
    Review
  3. Best practice in primary care pathology: review 8.Journal of clinical pathology · 2007
    Review
  4. Best practice in primary care pathology: review 7.Journal of clinical pathology · 2007
    Review
  5. Best practice in primary care pathology: review 6.Journal of clinical pathology · 2007
    Review
  6. Review
  7. Hypertriglyceridaemia in diabetes.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2006
    Review
  8. Best practice in primary care pathology: review 5.Journal of clinical pathology · 2006
    Review
  9. Best practice in primary care pathology: review 4.Journal of clinical pathology · 2006
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

W S SmellieBishop Auckland General Hospital, Cockton Hill Road, Bishop Auckland, County Durham DL14 6AD, UK. info@smellie.com
J O Forth
C A M McNulty
L Hirschowitz
D Lilic
R Gosling
D Bareford
E Logan
K G Kerr
G P Spickett
J Hoffman
A Galloway
C A Bloxham

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This second best practice review examines five series of common primary care questions in laboratory medicine: (1) laboratory testing for allergy, (2) diagnosis and monitoring of menopause, (3) the use of urine cytology, (4) the usefulness of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and (5) the investigation of possible urinary tract infection. The review is presented in a question-answer format. 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 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.

Indexed as

Blood SedimentationEvidence-Based MedicineFemaleHumansHypersensitivityMenopausePathology, ClinicalPatient SelectionPrimary Health CareUrinalysisUrinary Tract Infections

Identifiers

PMID16443724
PMCPMC1860327

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