Improving rates of metabolic monitoring on an inpatient psychiatric ward

Objectives Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of premature death in patients with mental illness. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of co-occurring cardiovascular risk factors, seen in high frequency in severe mental illness. Despite ease of diagnosis, monitoring is often poor across psychiat...

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Published in:BMJ Open Quality
Main Authors: Sarah Michael, Kirsty MacDonald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-09-01
Online Access:https://bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/9/3/e000748.full