RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Evidence based guidelines for the performance of the sweat test for the investigation of cystic fibrosis in the UK
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 1126
OP 1127
DO 10.1136/adc.88.12.1126
VO 88
IS 12
A1 J H Baumer
YR 2003
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/88/12/1126.abstract
AB A well produced evidence based guideline has been developed in response to a national audit that demonstrated wide variations in the performance of sweat tests. Accurate and reliable sweat test results will be particularly important with the advent of neonatal screening. The guideline recommendations include the collection and analysis of sweat samples, and interpretation of results. It emphasises the importance of sweat chloride as the best discriminator.