C-reactive protein point-of-care testing in acutely ill children: A mixed methods study in primary care

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 382-386

  Van Den Bruel, Ann ^a   Jones, Caroline ^a   Thompson, Matthew ^a,b   Mant, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRICK TEST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; PARENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POINT-OF-CARE TESTING; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84956640734     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309228     Document Type: Article

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