@article{ref1,
title="Taking a 'drugs' history",
journal="Anaesthesia",
year="1997",
author="Hocking, G. and deMello, W. F.",
volume="52",
number="9",
pages="904-905",
abstract="A simple, anonymous questionnaire was used to examine the depth of drug history taken from patients by a group of junior doctors. The results showed that most who replied restricted their history to prescription medicines and smoking. We feel that this is no longer sufficient and that a drug history should be expanded to include substances such as recreational drugs and over-the-counter preparations. If an allergy is reported, detailed questioning about its nature is also important since the term is often used by patients when a true allergy does in fact not exist. We present a mnemonic which can be used as an aide memoire to the various areas of importance.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0003-2409",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}