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Drug related problems causing admissions to a medical unit in Hong Kong.

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

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_320697
Date January 1995
ContributorsWen, Er Ya Jane., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Medical Sciences.
PublisherChinese University of Hong Kong
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, x, 134 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
RightsUse 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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