Prescription of furosemide in general medicine in Aquitaine : Prospective practice survey among universities general practitioners

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OBJECTIVES: Furosemide is essential in the management of patients with congestive heart failure, and provides important iatrogenic complications. We described the prescription of this treatment in general medicine, and tried to identify areas for optimizing its use.

PATIENTS AND METHOD: We carried out a prospective inventory of the prescription of furosemide with the general practitioners of the universities of Bordeaux, between May 1, 2017 and July 30, 2017.

RESULTS: We obtained data from 119 prescriptions of furosemide. The indications seemed well known, largely dominated by heart failure (67%) and its associated signs (24%). Clinical and biological follow-up (52%) and therapeutic education (42%) seemed relatively infrequent.

CONCLUSIONS: Our study confirms the central role of the general practitioner in the prescription of furosemide, the predominant place of heart failure in its indications and the iatrogeny observed. We identified areas of optimization of the safety and effectiveness of the treatment. The reinforcement of training concerning heart failure and its treatments, a better communication between specialties, the implementation of reference systems dedicated to the prescription of furosemide and prescription support software seem promising.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:67

Enthalten in:

Annales de cardiologie et d'angeiologie - 67(2018), 5 vom: 01. Nov., Seite 327-333

Sprache:

Französisch

Weiterer Titel:

Prescription de furosémide en médecine générale en Aquitaine. Enquête de pratique auprès des médecins généralistes maîtres de stages universitaires

Beteiligte Personen:

Boulestreau, R [VerfasserIn]
Lalanne, P [VerfasserIn]
Durieux, W [VerfasserIn]
Delarche, N [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

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Diurétique
Diuretic
Diuretics
Furosémide
Furosemide
General medicine
Heart failure
Iatrogénie
Iatrogeny
Insuffisance cardiaque
Journal Article
Médecine générale

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 25.04.2019

Date Revised 25.04.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ancard.2018.08.012

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM289277817