Delivering pharmacogenetic testing in a primary care setting

Delivering pharmacogenetic testing in a primary care setting

Pharmacogenetic testing refers to a type of genetic test to predict a patient's likelihood to experience an adverse event or not respond to a given drug. Despite revision to several labels of commonly prescribed drugs regarding the impact of genetic variation, the use of this testing has been limited in many settings due to a number of factors. In the primary care setting, the limited office ti...

Troponin testing in the primary care setting.

BACKGROUND Chest pain is a common presenting complaint in general practice. Serum troponin testing is an important clinical tool to help identify patients who present with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS). OBJECTIVE This article will discuss the role of troponin testing in the diagnosis of ACS, and the role of high-sensitive troponin, which is now in widespread use. The importance of c...

Just how feasible is pharmacogenetic testing in the primary healthcare setting?

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Cost consequences of point-of-care troponin T testing in a Swedish primary health care setting

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the safety and cost-effectiveness of point-of-care troponin T testing (POCT-TnT) for the management of patients with chest pain in primary care. DESIGN Prospective observational study with follow-up. SETTING Three primary health care (PHC) centres using POCT-TnT and four PHC centres not using POCT-TnT in south-east Sweden. PATIENTS All patients ≥ 35 years of age, con...