Inappropriate emergency laboratory test ordering: defensive or peer evidence shared based medicine?

Inappropriate emergency laboratory test ordering: defensive or peer evidence shared based medicine?

BACKGROUND The laboratory overuse is widely prevalent in hospital practice, mostly in the emergency care. Reasons for excessive and inappropriate test-ordering include defensive behaviour and fear or uncertainty, lack of experience, the misuse of protocols and guidelines, “routine” and local attitud...

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Main Authors: C. Descovich, R. Nardi, A. Ligabue, G. Gaspari, E. Dini, G. Pieroni, M. Annichiarico
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2013-05-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
Laboratory test ordering
Evidence based diagnosis
Appropriateness
Audit
Peer review.
Online Access:http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/289

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