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Blood test ordering for unexplained complaints in general practice: the VAMPIRE randomised clinical trial protocol. [ISRCTN55755886]
BACKGROUND: General practitioners (GPs) frequently order blood tests when they see patients presenting with unexplained complaints. Due to the low prevalence of serious pathology in general practice, the risk of false-positive test results is relatively high. This may result in unnecessary further t...
Autores principales: | van Bokhoven, Marloes A, Koch, Hèlen, van der Weijden, Trudy, Grol, Richard PTM, Bindels, Patrick JE, Dinant, Geert-Jan |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2006
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1538993/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16553955 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-7-20 |
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