How many tests are too many, when you may end up saving a patient’s life?

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PRACTICE

How many tests are too many, when you may end up saving a patient’s life?

Jonathan Bentley

Jonathan Bentley

Patients in waiting room
Some patients hold up the waiting room by booking appointments that are too short for their needs

REAL CASES

This GP discusses the challenge of identifying an important test result among the sea of unimportant results, using a patient with a non-healing breast cellulitis as an example

Key points, Ordering large numbers of tests can increase after-hours workload and may lead to objections from payers. However, performing appropriate tests and