Table 3 Direct use of C-reactive protein (CRP)

Quotation I

When the patient seems ill

A: Do you test CRP in these patients?

B: Not necessarily and not everybody or many, so to speak, but … I would probably say that if it’s a patient with a generally affected condition, if it’s someone who seems really ill, then I probably test CRP too. (Interview 9, pp. 8–9)

Quotation J

In general

A: Does it happen that you test CRP?

B: Yes … often in advance, but even if I think that the patient is seriously ill, so to speak, or generally affected or sick and with fever, if you think of a sore throat, then yes. (interview 20, pp. 6–7)