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True cost of unnecessary investigations
Routine tests are key for preventive medicine
BMJ 2022; 376 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o93 (Published 18 January 2022) Cite this as: BMJ 2022;376:o93
- Ajay M Verma, consultant gastroenterologist and physician
- Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Kettering NN16 8UZ, UK
- ajay.verma{at}nhs.net
I understand Mathew’s perspective on whether routine tests are the best use of a general practitioner’s time,1 but the problem is more a reflection of resource limitation then unnecessary investigations.
Patients with hypertension need to have their renal function monitored because a proportion will develop chronic kidney disease. Monitoring lipids in …
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