Background Point-of-care C-reactive protein (CRP) testing of adults with acute respiratory
infection in primary care reduces antibiotic prescribing by 22%. The acceptability and impact …

Background Point-of-care blood C-reactive protein (CRP) testing has diagnostic value in
helping clinicians rule out the possibility of serious infection. We investigated whether it …

Objective To evaluate the effect of preconsultation C reactive protein (CRP) screening on
antibiotic prescribing and referral to hospital in Norwegian primary care settings with low …

Background Overprescription of antibiotics for lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in
children is common, partly due to diagnostic uncertainty, in which case the addition of point …

Objective: Antibiotics are prescribed too often in acutely ill children in primary care. We
examined whether a Point-of-Care (POC) C-reactive Protein (CRP) test influences the family …

Objective Acute infection is the most common presentation of children to hospital. A minority
of these infections are serious, but early recognition and adequate management are …

Objective. C‐reactive protein (CRP) is a reliable laboratory test that is useful in
distinguishing between viral and bacterial infection. Although widely used, blood sampling …

A 3-month-old baby is brought to the paediatric emergency department by their parents
because of a fever. You decide to check their inflammatory markers. Their C-reactive protein …

Objective To explore clinicians views of the barriers and facilitators to use of C-reactive
protein (CRP) point-of-care tests (POCT) in US family medicine clinics for the management …

Background The use of point of care (POC) tests varies across Europe, but research into
what drives this variability is lacking. Focusing on CRP POC tests, we aimed to understand …