Audit of oxygen prescribing before and after the introduction of a prescription chart
| Autor: | J. C. G. Simpson, A.K. Webb, Charles S. Haworth, A Davis, R McL Niven, M E Dodd, F Kellet |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Medical Audit business.industry MEDLINE Outcome measures Oxygen Inhalation Therapy General Medicine Audit Drug Prescriptions Hypoxemia Respiratory Medicine Drug Delivery Systems Chart North west Papers medicine Medical Staff Hospital Humans Medical prescription medicine.symptom Practice Patterns Physicians' Intensive care medicine business Hypoxia |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
| Popis: | Oxygen, used to treat hypoxaemia, may be lethal and should therefore be considered a drug and be prescribed.1 It is, however, recognised that oxygen is poorly prescribed by doctors.2 To ensure the safe and effective delivery of oxygen the prescription should include the flow rate, the concentration, the delivery device, the duration, and the method for monitoring treatment.2 We audited the prescription of oxygen to inpatients by doctors before and after the introduction of a specific prescription chart. Junior doctors at the North West Lung Centre are given two lectures on practical aspects of oxygen delivery and prescribing at the beginning of their one year's rotation in respiratory medicine. In 1997 and 1998 the doctors were informed that an audit of their prescribing practice would take place some time during the next year. The outcome measures of … |
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