Effect of adding a diagnostic aid to best practice to manage suspicious pigmented lesions in primary care: Randomised controlled trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7866, 2012, Pages

  Walter, Fiona M ^a,i   Morris, Helen C ^a   Humphrys, Elka ^b   Hall, Per N ^c   Prevost, A Toby ^a,d   Burrows, Nigel ^c   Bradshaw, Lucy ^e   Wilson, Edward C F ^f   Norris, Paul ^c   Walls, Joe ^g   Johnson, Margaret ^h   Kinmonth, Ann Louise ^a   Emery, Jon D ^a,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^g NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h University of Western Australia ^*

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BENIGN TUMOR; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CHECKLIST; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL HISTORY; MELANOMA; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; AGED; ALGORITHM; BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84864189225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e4110     Document Type: Article

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