Diagnosis and diagnostic testing in primary care.

What it found

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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.

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.

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Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Strategies to reduce the use of low-value medical tests in primary care: a systematic review.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2020
   Pooled it
2. Evidence synthesis to inform model-based cost-effectiveness evaluations of diagnostic tests: a methodological review of health technology assessments.BMC medical research methodology · 2017
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3. The accuracy of symptoms, signs and diagnostic tests in the diagnosis of left ventricular dysfunction in primary care: a diagnostic accuracy systematic review.BMC family practice · 2008
   Pooled it
4. Impact of a diagnostic strategy for appendicitis in children with acute abdominal pain in primary care: study protocol for a hybrid type 1 cluster randomised controlled trial.Diagnostic and prognostic research · 2026
   Review
5. General practitioners' experiences with chronic abdominal symptoms and a faecal calprotectin guided referral strategy in children: A Dutch qualitative study.The European journal of general practice · 2024
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6. Diagnostic uncertainty: dichotomies are not the answer.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2013
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7. Patient pressure for referral for headache: a qualitative study of GPs' referral behaviour.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2007
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Corrections and comments

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  The diagnostic accuracy and utility of a B-type natriuretic peptide test in a community population of patients with suspected heart failure.2006

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Funding

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Abstract

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