Point of care testing: Randomised controlled trial of clinical outcome

British Medical Journal

Volumn 316, Issue 7137, 1998, Pages 1052-1057

  Kendall, Jason ^a,c   Reeves, Barnaby ^b   Clancy, Michael ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEMATOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0032481814     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7137.1052     Document Type: Article

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