Acute rheumatic fever: Adherence to secondary prophylaxis and follow up of Indigenous patients in the Katherine region of the Northern Territory

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 234-240

  Stewart, Tanya ^a,d   Mcdonald, Robert ^a,e   Currie, Bart ^b,c  

^a Katherine District Hospital   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute rheumatic fever; Indigenous health; Rheumatic heart disease

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AFTERCARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PENICILLIN G, BENZATHINE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34447308198     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2007.00896.x     Document Type: Article

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