Audit of hypertension in general practice.

Improving management of hypertension in general practice: a randomised controlled trial of feedback derived from electronic patient data.

BACKGROUND Although absolute risk of death associated with raised blood pressure increases with age, the benefits of treatment are greater in older patients. However, fewer patients in this group are identified, treated, and controlled. AIM To evaluate the impact of the provision of different levels of feedback on identification, treatment, and control of older patients with hypertension. D...

Audits in general practice by medical students.

This paper reports the implementation, findings and feedback of the audit project of the general practice (GP) module carried out in the fifth year of the MBChB (Sheffield) twinning programme with the Perak College of Medicine. After training, each student with his/her GP tutor planned and conducted the audit. All 28 students (year 2002) satisfactorily completed their audit projects. Fifty perc...

An Audit of Perioperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis: Time to Take Action

A clinical audit of the quality of care of hypertension in general practice.

Clinical audits monitor the use of particular interventions, or the care received by patients, against agreed standards. Any departures from "best practice" can then be examined, and causes can be determined and acted upon. The Ministry of Health (MOH), Jamaica, has recently published standards of care for hypertension. The medical records of a convenience sample of 125 hypertensive patients be...

Audit on cardiovascular disease preventive care in general practice.

INTRODUCTION Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Primary care doctors as general practitioners (GPs) play a central role in prevention, as they are in contact with a large number of patients in the community through provision of first contact, comprehensive and continuing care. This study aims to assess the adequacy of cardiovascular disease preventive care in ge...

The Avoid Stroke as Soon as Possible (ASAP) general practice stroke audit.

OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of stroke risk factors in a general practice population and to identify pharmacotherapies currently used in management of stroke risk factors. DESIGN Multicentre, observational study by 321 randomly selected general practitioners who each collected data on 50 consecutive patients attending their surgery. PATIENTS AND SETTING 16 148 patients aged 30 yea...