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As part of a symposium on laboratory medicine, a colloquium on point-of-care testing was held in June 1999 where four experts were invited to produce recommendations and opinions on the use of point-of-care testing under various clinical venues. Each commented on costs for providing POCT services. A total of eleven recommendations and four opinions were rendered and discussed in an open forum. While one expert concluded that some forms of POCT are less expensive than central laboratory testing if entire laboratory workstations are eliminated, another expert suggested that POCT offered little advantage if rapid transport systems are available. A recommendation was made that POCT be considered for analytes that have a required reporting turnaround time of <30 min, and that the goals for precision and accuracy should be dictated by the clinical need and not by analytical limitations. Recommendations for POCT in specific clinical situations include use of glycated hemoglobin and urine albumin testing with personal glucose monitoring at the time of consultation, use of glycated albumin for gestational diabetes, leukocyte esterase and nitrite testing in urine to screen for urinary tract infections, coagulation tests for monitoring patients on oral anticoagulant therapy and in the operating room, testing for H. pylori for patients with dyspepsia, and cardiac markers and urine drugs-of-abuse testing in the emergency department.
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PMID:Recommendations and opinions for the use of point-of-care testing for hospitals and primary care: summary of a 1999 symposium. 1116 17

The importance of prokinetics (drugs stimulating motor function of the gastrointestinal tract) arises from the high prevalence of gastroenterological pathology associated with primary or secondary disturbances of this function in esophagus, stomach, and intestines. The main groups of prokinetics are beta-blockers of dopamine receptors, inhibitors of acetylcholine esterase (or their combination with dopamine receptor blockers), 5-HT4-receptor agonists. They find wide application for the treatment of gastroesophgeal reflux disease, functional dyspepsia and constipation, obstipational form of irritable bowel syndrome, and other conditions accompanied by motor function disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.
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PMID:[MODERN PROKINETICS AND THEIR ROLE IN THE TREATMENT OF GASTROENTEROLOGICAL PATHOLOGY]. 2752 21