title: Re-audit of physical examination on admission.
abstract: Re-audit of the physical examination of older adults admitted to one of two inpatient Older Adult wards at the Maudsley Hospital found that on admission, only 58% of patients had a brief physical examination and 43% had a full physical examination, and after 72 hours only 65% had a full physical examination. This is a slight improvement on the previous audit but still falls short of the target of 90% of patients having a full physical examination within 72 hours of admission. Recommendations include education of junior and senior doctors of the need for physical examination via presentation of audit and distribution of results, consideration of the use of a proforma to gather information on physical examination which may have been done in an acute hospital and a further re-audit to see if outcomes have improved.
authors: Aubrey Lewis House Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, UK.
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: Drury
authors: Erik
authors: E
authors: Eriksson
authors: Rebecca
authors: R
authors: Marriott
authors: Christopher
authors: C
authors: Symeon
authors: Jeni
authors: J
authors: Chan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006113:United Kingdom