Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-lj6df Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-08T07:22:22.011Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

A study of the use of routine laboratory investigations in adult psychiatric patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

K.P. Rao
Affiliation:
St Luke's Hospital Middlesbrough, Cleveland
R.S. Ramaiah
Affiliation:
Public Health Medicine, Walsall Health Authority, Walsall West Midlands
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Correspondence
Creative Commons
Creative Common License - CCCreative Common License - BY
This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994

References

Sandler, G. (1979) Costs of unnecessary tests. British Medical Journal, ii, 2124.10.1136/bmj.2.6181.21CrossRefGoogle Scholar
White, A.J. & Barraclough, B. (1989) Benefits and problems of routine laboratory investigations in adult psychiatric admissions. British Journal of Psychiatry, 155, 6572.10.1192/bjp.155.1.65CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Submit a response

eLetters

No eLetters have been published for this article.