Are prescribing patterns of diuretics in general practice good enough? A report from the More and Romsdal prescription study

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 10-15

  Straand, Jørund ^a   Rokstad, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

diuretics; general practice; heart failure; hypertension; medical audit; oedema; prescriptions

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; AMILORIDE PLUS HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; BENDROFLUMETHIAZIDE; CHLORTALIDONE; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; MEFRUSIDE; POLYTHIAZIDE; TRICHLORMETHIAZIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG INDICATION; EDEMA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PRESCRIPTION;

EID: 0030907420     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813439709043422     Document Type: Article

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