Omitted medications: a continuing problem

Omitted and unjustified medications in the discharge summary.

BACKGROUND Limited information exists in regard to drug omissions and unjustified medications in the hospital discharge summary (DS). OBJECTIVE To evaluate the incidence and types of drug omissions and unjustified medications in the DS, and to assess their potential impact on patient health. METHODS A prospective observational review of the DSs of all patients discharged from our Internal M...

Meperidine: A Continuing Problem

Letter to the Editor regarding meperidine prescriptions in Queensland, Australia, 1999 to 2010.

A Continuing Problem

Background and study objectives: 1-Antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency is common but underrecognized. A 1994 mail survey showed a long delay between the onset of symptoms and the initial diagnosis of AAT deficiency. In 2003, we carried out a similar mail survey of AAT-deficient individuals to determine whether any delay in diagnosis experienced by individuals with a more recent diagnosis had become sh...

A continuing problem

antedates pregnancy, is a cause of increased perinatal mortality1-3 while the role of gestational diabetes in perinatal mortality remains doubtful.4 Although the multidisciplinary approach to the management of these diabetic pregnant patients remains the key to successful outcome; the obstetrician who has had some exposure to the management of diabetes might occasionally be faced with managing ...

Congenital syphilis: a continuing problem.