"The doctors were more knowledgeable about what I had": patient views on the value of point-of-care tests for managing respiratory infections in European primary care.

Background: Point-of-care tests (POCT) can support diagnosis of patients with community acquired acute respiratory tract infections (CA-RTI) in primary care and thereby reduce uncertainty whether antibiotics may benefit patients. However, successful roll out of POCTs need to be built on a deep understanding of patients' perspectives on the place of POCTs in patient centred care.

Aim: To explore patients' perceptions of the value of POCTs during consultations for CA-RTI.

Point-of-care tests to manage acute respiratory tract infections in primary care: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis of healthcare professional and patient views.

Objectives: To review the evidence on healthcare professionals' (HCPs) and patients' views of the use of point-of-care tests (POCTs) in the management of acute respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in primary care settings.

Methods: We conducted a systematic review of studies up to 28 April 2023. We included studies that included qualitative methods and results; focused on HCPs' and/or patients' views/experiences of POCTs for acute RTIs; and were conducted in primary care settings.

Reliability and outcomes of lymph nodes biopsy in cT1-cT2 N0 supraglottic laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

Background: In oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), sentinel node biopsy (SNB) was described as a reliable and reproductive alternative to elective neck dissection for the staging of clinical N0 T1-T2 patients. The SNB technique in supraglottic laryngeal SCC was successfully described in small series. The aim of this study is to analyze retrospectively the results of SNB technique in supraglottic SCC in CHU Godinne, to determine if the technique is reliable and may be proposed in a future multicentral prospective trial.

Stakeholders' views and experiences on implementing new diagnostics in primary care to support management of community-acquired acute respiratory tract infections: a qualitative study.

Background: The majority of antibiotics are prescribed in primary care for respiratory tract infections. Point-of-care tests (POCTs) for the management of community-acquired acute respiratory tract infections (CA-ARTI) have been developed to help optimize antibiotic prescribing. While some countries in Europe have adopted these tests in primary care settings, most have not.

The experiences of patients ill with COVID-19-like symptoms and the role of testing for SARS-CoV-2 in supporting them: A qualitative study in eight European countries during the first wave of the pandemic.

Background: Access to testing during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic was limited, impacting patients with COVID-19-like symptoms. Current qualitative studies have been limited to one country or were conducted outside Europe.

Objectives: To explore - in eight European countries - the experiences of patients consulting in primary care with COVID-19-like symptoms during the first wave of the pandemic.