PRN sedative prescribing in the elderly

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Dec 2008 English Publisher:Royal College of PsychiatristsJournal:Psychiatric Bulletin, volume 32, pages 473-473 (issn: 0955-6036, eissn: 1472-1473,

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Authors: Rebecca Rawesh; Lucy Watkin; Vincent Kirchner;

doi: 10.1192/pb.32.12.473a

PRN sedative prescribing in the elderly

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Doctors admitting elderly patients to hospital frequently prescribe sedation as required or pro re nata (prn). They may do this for a variety of reasons, including inexperience, habit and to avoid disturbing a medical colleague at night. Here we report the results of an audit to determine the

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