Assessment of routine laboratory screening of adult psychiatric patients presenting to an emergency centre in Cape Town
Crede, A.; Geduld, H.; Wallis, L.
South African Medical Journal 101(12): 891-894
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574 PMID: 22273032 Document Number: 653828
Our study suggests that routine laboratory screening provides no additional information to that obtained from a thorough history and clinical examination in patients at high risk of having an underlying medical cause of presenting psychotic symptoms.
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