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Should all acutely ill children in primary care be tested with point-of-care CRP: a cluster randomised trial

BACKGROUND: Point-of-care blood C-reactive protein (CRP) testing has diagnostic value in helping clinicians rule out the possibility of serious infection. We investigated whether it should be offered to all acutely ill children in primary care or restricted to those identified as at risk on clinical...

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Autores principales: Verbakel, Jan Y., Lemiengre, Marieke B., De Burghgraeve, Tine, De Sutter, An, Aertgeerts, Bert, Shinkins, Bethany, Perera, Rafael, Mant, David, Van den Bruel, Ann, Buntinx, Frank
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5052874/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27716201
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-016-0679-2