Maguire A, Rugg-Gunn A J
Department of Child Dental Health, Dental School, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Community Dent Health. 1994 Jun;11(2):91-6.
The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of frequent administration of liquid oral medicines, long-term, in children aged 1-16 years in a number of districts within the Northern Region in 1989-91. This was achieved through two surveys, one conducted amongst consultant paediatricians in five districts, and the other in four general medical practices in two districts within the region. The consultant survey identified 243 children aged 1-16 years currently taking long-term liquid oral medicines frequently, under consultant paediatric care. This represented a prevalence of 1:916 children (0.11 per cent) in the five districts studied. The general medical practice survey showed that the prescribing of liquid oral medicines for prolonged periods was not confined to those children who had been referred to and were under the care of consultant paediatricians. It indicated that the prevalence of long-term medication with prescription-based liquid oral medicines in children under the care of consultant paediatricians or general medical practitioners or both, was approximately 1:361 (0.28 per cent). Of the 67 different liquid oral medicine preparations which were used long-term, 39 per cent were sugar-based, 33 per cent sugar-free, and the rest 'variable'; either sugar-based or sugar-free depending on how specifically they were prescribed.
该研究的目的是评估1989 - 1991年期间北部地区若干区1至16岁儿童长期频繁服用液体口服药物的情况。这是通过两项调查实现的，一项在五个区的儿科顾问医生中进行，另一项在该地区两个区的四家普通医疗诊所进行。顾问医生调查确定了243名1至16岁的儿童，在儿科顾问医生的护理下，目前经常长期服用液体口服药物。在所研究的五个区中，这相当于每916名儿童中有1名（0.11%）。普通医疗诊所调查显示，长期开液体口服药物并不局限于那些被转介并由儿科顾问医生护理的儿童。该调查表明，在儿科顾问医生或普通医生或两者护理下的儿童中，长期服用处方液体口服药物的比例约为1:361（0.28%）。在长期使用的67种不同液体口服药物制剂中，39%是以糖为基础的，33%是无糖的，其余的“不定”；根据具体处方情况，要么是以糖为基础，要么是无糖的。
