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    Appropriateness of laboratory tests: requests for atypical pneumonia serology in a teaching hospital.

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    Authors
    Jackson, L M
    Shanahan, F
    Cryan, B
    Bredin, C P
    Cronin, C C
    Affiliation
    Department of Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Ireland.
    Issue Date
    2012-02-03T15:15:41Z
    MeSH
    Adolescent
    Adult
    Aged
    Aged, 80 and over
    Atypical Bacterial Forms/*isolation & purification
    Female
    Hospitals, Teaching/*standards
    Humans
    Male
    Middle Aged
    Pneumonia/*diagnosis/microbiology
    Retrospective Studies
    Sensitivity and Specificity
    Serologic Tests/*standards
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    Ir J Med Sci. 1996 Apr-Jun;165(2):93-4.
    Journal
    Irish journal of medical science
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10147/209229
    PubMed ID
    8698563
    Abstract
    The cost of providing medical care is ever-increasing but the resources available are at best static. Major savings can be made by reducing inappropriate investigations. Using serological testing for organisms causing atypical pneumonia as an example, we examined the appropriateness of requests and also physicians' understanding of the test. Of 119 patients tested, only 3 had titres indicative of acute infection. Most patients were tested within 2 days of hospital admission, before receipt of results excluding more likely diagnoses. Forty-five patients had no current or recent respiratory symptoms, in whom infection was highly unlikely. Titres were most often requested by the least experienced members of the clinical team. Of 70 patients with an acute illness in whom a definitive diagnosis, bacteriological or otherwise, was not made, in only 9 was a convalescent specimen sent for follow-up titres. Most requests for serology for organisms causing atypical pneumonia were inappropriate. Furthermore, in the majority of cases the test was incorrectly used.
    Language
    eng
    ISSN
    0021-1265 (Print)
    0021-1265 (Linking)
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