THE ADEQUACY OF DRINKING HISTORY ELICITED BY JUNIOR DOCTORS IN A TEACHING GENERAL HOSPITAL : AN EXPLORATORY STUDY

We reviewed the case records of patients admitted to the medical, surgical and orthopaedic wards of a teaching general hospital to see whether junior doctors took an adequate drinking history from their patients. Results showed that in more than 50% of the case sheets examined, the resident doctors...

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Autores principales: Srinivasan, K., Augustine, Mary Kutty
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2962740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21407976
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Sumario:We reviewed the case records of patients admitted to the medical, surgical and orthopaedic wards of a teaching general hospital to see whether junior doctors took an adequate drinking history from their patients. Results showed that in more than 50% of the case sheets examined, the resident doctors failed to document any details regarding alcohol consumption. Pattern of drinking was mentioned in 14% of the case records. Few case sheets carried details of alcohol related problems. Overall, interns were better than post-graduate students at documenting details of alcohol consumption among their patients. The junior doctors did not identify harmful drinking in 43% of their patients.

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