TY - JOUR T1 - Near-patient testing for RSV in the emergency department JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 173 LP - 174 DO - 10.1136/emermed-2013-203246 VL - 31 IS - 2 AU - Thomas F Beattie AU - Kate Templeton AU - Kirsty Mclellan Y1 - 2014/02/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/31/2/173.2.abstract N2 - We note the paper on near-patient testing (NPT) for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in cases of bronchiolitis by Walsh et al 1 It is an interesting paper, but we suggest it fails to acknowledge one of the main uses of this particular test methodology. The test analysed also has a poorer performance than the one we use.Bronchiolitis is a common respiratory disease in early childhood and infancy. The diagnosis is a clinical one and should never rely on a diagnostic … ER -