Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26648653›Full record

ReviewAustralian prescriber2015

Prescribing for people in custody.

Stephen Hampton, Donna Blomgren, Jill Roberts, Tobias Mackinnon, Gary Nicholls

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Review in Australian prescriber, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Prescribing for people in custody.Australian prescriber · 2016
    Article
  3. Drug diversion.Australian prescriber · 2015
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Stephen HamptonJustice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network, New South Wales Ministry of Health, Sydney.
Donna BlomgrenJustice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network, New South Wales Ministry of Health, Sydney.
Jill RobertsJustice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network, New South Wales Ministry of Health, Sydney.
Tobias MackinnonJustice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network, New South Wales Ministry of Health, Sydney.
Gary NichollsJustice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network, New South Wales Ministry of Health, Sydney.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

People who are, or have been, in custody often have multiple morbidities and multi-dimensional disadvantage. A thorough clinical evaluation and multidisciplinary approach will assist in managing these patients. Treatment plans should be pragmatic and simple, and explained in an understandable manner. Caution should be used in the prescription of any medicines that have the potential for abuse. There is also a risk of drug diversion. There is an increase in mortality after prisoners are released into the community. Preparations should therefore be made before release to ensure continuity of care.

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drug dependenceprescription drug diversionprisoners

Identifiers

PMID26648653
PMCPMC4657313

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