Key result
General practitioner use of point-of-care testing in primary care patients with acute cardiopulmonary symptoms has limited and inconclusive evidence for improving diagnostic accuracy or management.
Why the study?
Does general practitioner use of point-of-care tests improve diagnostic accuracy and impact clinical management in primary care patients with acute cardiopulmonary symptoms?
Systematic Review (n=2,277)
Does general practitioner use of point-of-care tests improve diagnostic accuracy and impact clinical management in primary care patients with acute cardiopulmonary symptoms?
Current evidence is insufficient to definitively support the routine use of point-of-care testing by general practitioners to improve diagnostic accuracy or clinical management in patients with acute cardiopulmonary symptoms.
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Evidence too limited to recommend point-of-care testing for acute cardiopulmonary symptoms in primary care; leaves open the need for definitive RCTs.
Schols et al. (2017) conducted a systematic review in Acute cardiopulmonary symptoms (n=2,277). Point-of-care tests (POCT) was evaluated on Clinical diagnostic accuracy and effect on treatment and referral rate. General practitioner use of point-of-care testing in primary care patients with acute cardiopulmonary symptoms has limited and inconclusive evidence for improving diagnostic accuracy or management.
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