title: [Referrals to the Lipid clinic--"appropriate" patients with inadequate anamnesis].
abstract: We examined 199 consecutive referrals to the Lipid Clinic at the National hospital in 1995 in order to compare referral- and chart data on familial hyperlipidaemia, familial cardiovascular disease, diagnosis, and lifestyle. 78% of referrals were from general practitioners. Most of the referrals included information on familial hyperlipidaemia and cardiovascular disease and on diet, but did not specify a lipid diagnosis. Less than half of the referrals included information on smoking habits (which was almost always specified in the chart). Up to 80% did not include information on alcohol, body mass index and physical activity, which was also often missing in the chart. We conclude that the referring doctors, and to some extent the clinic physicians, identified patients with a familial risk of cardiovascular disease, but they did not appear to characterise important lifestyle habits related to cardiovascular risk.
authors.affiliation: Lipidklinikken Rikshospitalet, Oslo.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sundt
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ose
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tonstad
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Henvisning til Lipidklinikken--"riktige" pasienter med mangelfull anamnese.