Assessment of routine laboratory screening of adult psychiatric patients presenting to an emergency centre in Cape Town

ABSTRACT 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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Main Authors: Crede,Andreas, Geduld,Heike, Wallis,Lee
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: South African Medical Association 2011
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0256-95742011001200020
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