Wen Er Ya Jane. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 130-134). / Table of contents --- p.ii / List of tables --- p.iv / List of figures --- p.vi / Abstract --- p.vii / Glossary of abbreviations --- p.ix / Acknowledgments --- p.x / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- DEFINITIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS...............................Error! Bookmark not defined / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Classification of drug-related problems --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1.3 --- Drug interactions (DI) --- p.7 / Chapter 1.1.4 --- Therapeutic failures (TF) --- p.8 / Chapter 1.1.5 --- Non-compliance --- p.10 / Chapter 1.1.6 --- Drug overdoses (DO) or drug poisonings --- p.11 / Chapter 1.1.7 --- Drug-related hospitalizations (DRH) --- p.12 / Chapter 1.1.8 --- Other relevant definitions --- p.13 / Chapter 1.2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.16 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Adverse drug reactions --- p.16 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Hospital admission due to ADRs --- p.18 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- Drug-related hospitalizations (DRH) --- p.22 / Chapter 1.2.4 --- Discussion --- p.24 / Chapter 1.3 --- PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY --- p.27 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- METHODS --- p.30 / Chapter 2.1 --- BACKGROUND --- p.30 / Chapter 2.2 --- DATA COLLECTION --- p.31 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- The patients --- p.31 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- The drug history --- p.31 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Patients knowledge of drugs they were taking --- p.33 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- Compliance --- p.33 / Chapter 2.2.5 --- Previous episodes of adverse drug reactions --- p.34 / Chapter 2.2.6 --- Diagnosis and outcome --- p.34 / Chapter 2.2.7 --- Laboratory Results --- p.34 / Chapter 2.2.8 --- Demographic characteristics of the patients --- p.35 / Chapter 2.2.9 --- The data sheet --- p.36 / Chapter 2.3. --- CASE REVIEW (REASSESSMENT) --- p.41 / Chapter 2.4 --- CODING OF DATA --- p.41 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- Coding of general data except diagnoses and drugs --- p.41 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Coding of diagnoses --- p.42 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- Coding of drugs --- p.42 / Chapter 2.5 --- STATISTICAL ANALYSIS --- p.42 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- RESULTS --- p.43 / Chapter 3.1 --- THE PATIENTS --- p.43 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Age and sex distributions --- p.43 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Patients' ADL and living environments --- p.47 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Baseline liver and renal function tests --- p.50 / Chapter 3.1.4 --- Diagnoses --- p.52 / Chapter 3.2 --- DRUG USE PRIOR TO ADMISSION --- p.54 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Overview --- p.54 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Consumption patterns for the prescribed drugs --- p.61 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Sources and durations for the prescribed drugs --- p.69 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- Consumption patterns for self-medications --- p.71 / Chapter 3.2.5 --- Source and duration of the self-medications --- p.73 / Chapter 3.2.6 --- Drug overdose patterns --- p.75 / Chapter 3.3 --- PATIENTS' KNOWLEDGE OF THE EFFECTS AND SIDE-EFFECTS OF DRUGS --- p.74 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Overview --- p.74 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Patients' knowledge of the effects of their prescribed drugs --- p.74 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Patients' knowledge of the side-effects of their prescribed drugs --- p.77 / Chapter 3.4 --- COMPLIANCE --- p.79 / Chapter 3.5 --- DRUG-RELATED HOSPITALIZATIONS (DRH) --- p.82 / Chapter 3.5.1 --- Overview --- p.82 / Chapter 3.5.2 --- Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) --- p.84 / Chapter 3.5.3 --- Outcome of ADRs --- p.98 / Chapter 3.5.4 --- "Therapeutic failures (Non-compliance, Inappropriate dose reduction)" --- p.100 / Chapter 3.5.5 --- Drug overdoses --- p.104 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- DISCUSSION --- p.106 / Chapter 4.1 --- ABOUT THE PATIENTS --- p.106 / Chapter 4.2 --- DISEASE PATTERNS AND DRUG CONSUMPTION PATTERNS --- p.107 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Diagnoses on admission --- p.107 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Drug consumption patterns --- p.109 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- About the sources and durations of the prescribed drugs --- p.112 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- About the self-medications --- p.113 / Chapter 4.3 --- ABOUT PATIENTS' KNOWLEDGE OF THE DRUGS --- p.114 / Chapter 4.4 --- ABOUT COMPLIANCE --- p.116 / Chapter 4.5 --- ABOUT ADRS AND DRUGS INTERACTIONS --- p.118 / Chapter 4.5.1 --- The incidence of ADRs --- p.118 / Chapter 4.5.2 --- The patterns of ADRs --- p.119 / Chapter 4.5.3 --- The drugs and ADRs --- p.119 / Chapter 4.5.4 --- Self-medications and ADRs --- p.121 / Chapter 4.5.5 --- The risk factors for ADRs --- p.122 / Chapter 4.5.6 --- Drug interactions --- p.125 / Chapter 4.6 --- ABOUT THERAPEUTIC FAILURES --- p.126 / Chapter 4.7 --- ABOUT DRUG OVERDOSES --- p.127 / Chapter 4.8 --- CONCLUSIONS --- p.128 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.130
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_320697 |
Date | January 1995 |
Contributors | Wen, Er Ya Jane., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Medical Sciences. |
Publisher | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Text, bibliography |
Format | print, x, 134 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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