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Consequences of Doing What Should Not be Done in Primary Care
In Brief
An observational study evaluating Benzodiazepines, Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and 7 other interventions for Overdose and Adverse Event. Completed, enrolled 750,000 participants across 2 sites.
Detailed Summary
Retrospective observational study in a random selection of 5% of digital records active between 2014 and 2017 to quantify the frequency of Do not do primary care recommendations, calculating the over-cost related to them and study reviewing a random selection of cases previously identified to determine whether patient suffered adverse events and their over-cost.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Benzodiazepines for insomnia, agitation or delirium in people older than 65
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in patients with cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, heart failure or liver cirrhosis
paracetamol 1g for more than 3 days
antibiotic in acute bronchitis when the patient does not suffer from COPD, heart failure, diabetes or kidney disease or is undergoing active chemotherapy
Lipid-lowering drugs in patients older than 75 years without previous cardiovascular events
Screening for prostate cancer in asymptomatic patients
image tests in non-specific lumbago
antibiotics for pharyngitis (infants)
mucolytics, antitussives or antibiotics for upper respiratory infections (infants)
treatment with ibuprofen and paracetamol (infants)