Abstract:
:Two hundred and sixty one patients attending a geriatric service were asked to give details of their usual medications without reference to drug bottles or written lists. Recall was tested in 4 categories: name of drugs, drug dosage, frequency of administration, and reason for the drug being prescribed. Drug recall was poor in all 4 categories, but particularly in respect of drug naming where only 10% of patients were able to give a complete list of their drugs. Out-patients were more knowledgeable about their medications than day hospital patients or inpatients. The rate of errors and omissions was correlated with increasing age, decreasing mental score, and to a lesser extent, number of drugs prescribed. Sixty-four percent of patients administered their own medications at home, and their ability to recall their medications was superior to that of other patients. The implications of the above findings are discussed.
journal_name
Postgrad Med Jjournal_title
Postgraduate medical journalauthors
al Mahdy H,Seymour DGdoi
10.1136/pgmj.66.772.116subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1990-02-01 00:00:00pages
116-21issue
772eissn
0032-5473issn
1469-0756journal_volume
66pub_type
杂志文章abstract::The insulin resistance/metabolic syndrome is characterised by the variable coexistence of hyperinsulinaemia, obesity, dyslipidaemia, and hypertension. The pathogenesis of the syndrome has multiple origins, but obesity and sedentary lifestyle coupled with diet and still largely unknown genetic factors clearly interact ...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/pgmj.2004.025601
更新日期:2005-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1136/pgmj.2011.118885
更新日期:2011-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.65.762.253
更新日期:1989-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.2007.067421
更新日期:2008-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.57.668.358
更新日期:1981-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.046078
更新日期:2007-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/pmj.79.932.324
更新日期:2003-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.53.623.538
更新日期:1977-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/pgmj.71.838.493
更新日期:1995-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1979-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2013-132176
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/pgmj.2005.044156
更新日期:2006-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.69.816.822
更新日期:1993-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.65.766.515
更新日期:1989-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/pgmj.70.830.916
更新日期:1994-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Serum lysozyme (muramidase) estimation is a simple, convenient and useful laboratory investigation. A review of the literature shows that lysozyme has been implicated as an aetiological factor in various disorders, and credited with being a prognostic indicator in acute myeloid leukaemia, but these promises have not b...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.53.619.257
更新日期:1977-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/pmj.79.927.36
更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.64.756.789
更新日期:1988-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2012-130889
更新日期:2013-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-138669
更新日期:2020-11-12 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1136/pgmj.60.700.98
更新日期:1984-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1987-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.75.889.674
更新日期:1999-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 60 year old woman with computed tomographic-verified bilateral thalamic infarction is described. She demonstrated downward gaze paralysis, amnesia and hypersomnolence. On the functional level such tasks as walking and eating were disconcerting. Although there have been only a few reports of the complete triad it may...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.65.769.840
更新日期:1989-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.67.789.683
更新日期:1991-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Multiple lymphomatous polyposis is an uncommon but distinctive form of gastrointestinal lymphoma. Clinical symptoms may closely resemble those of colorectal carcinoma and diagnostic confusion may result. The condition has a characteristic pathological appearance and immunophenotype which is important in allowing disti...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.69.811.401
更新日期:1993-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.67.789.649
更新日期:1991-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Primary gastric lymphoma is a rare tumour. It is thought that low grade gastric mucosa associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma has not been previously reported to occur in a patient with gastrojejunostomy. This report describes such a case. The patient presented with bleeding from non-healing stomal ulcers. The ulcers hea...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.2004.020164
更新日期:2005-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/pgmj.75.886.453
更新日期:1999-08-01 00:00:00