Dietary Supplement Use in a Pediatric Inpatient Population
| Autor: | Roberta M. Tankanow, Darcie-ann D Streetman, Kelly A. Dwyer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Medical record Population Dietary supplement Alternative medicine Pharmacist Physical examination Informed consent Family medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Health care medicine Pharmacology (medical) Clinical Investigation education business |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 9:110-116 |
| ISSN: | 1551-6776 |
| DOI: | 10.5863/1551-6776-9.2.110 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES Patients are assuming responsibility for their own health by self-medicating with dietary supplements, often without physician knowledge or oversight. The objectives of this study were to determine: 1) pediatric dietary supplement use by surveying parents of children who were hospitalized in a university institution; 2) if any health care professional inquired about supplement use at the time the child was hospitalized; 3) whether the use of a supplement was documented in the patient's medical record; and 4) parents' attitudes about dietary supplements. STUDY DESIGN Parents of 100 hospitalized pediatric patients ( RESULTS Fifty percent of parents reported giving their child a dietary supplement prior to hospitalization; 17% reported use of an herbal supplement. Only 24% of parents reported being asked about supplement use by a health care professional upon admission or during the hospital stay. The response to only five of these queries was documented in the child's medical record. CONCLUSIONS Increasing dietary supplement use mandates that all health care professionals elicit this information as part of the routine History and Physical Examination at the time a child is hospitalized. This information should also be documented in the patient's medical record. Likewise, parents should be encouraged to discuss the use of these products with their physician and pharmacist. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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