Complementary medicine use among Australian patients in an acute hospital setting: an exploratory, cross sectional study.

Freya WaddingtonJenny LeeMark NauntonGreg KyleJackson ThomasGabrielle O'Kane

Published in: BMC complementary and alternative medicine (2019)

Patients use of CM in this hospital setting do not reflect the national estimated usage. On the occasions that CM products are included in patient records, they are subsequently deprescribed following patient examination in hospital. It is currently unclear which health professionals have a role in this deprescribing process.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
emergency department
acute care
adverse drug
quality improvement
electronic health record
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation