TY  - JOUR
T1  - PHysician recognition and treatment of hypercholesterolemia
AU  - Landzberg JS, Heim CR
Y1  - 1989/04/01
N1  - 10.1001/archinte.1989.00390040129027
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 933
EP  - 935
VL  - 149
IS  - 4
N2  - • To assess physician behavior regarding hypercholesterolemia, records of patients whose serum cholesterol levels averaged 6.85 mmol/L or greater during a two-month period were reviewed. Of 111 eligible patients, physicians noted hypercholesterolemia in 62 (56%) and prescribed treatment in 34 (31%). Excluding those whose condition had been previously diagnosed and who were receiving treatment at the time of initiation of the study, only 22% of patients with high-risk serum cholesterol levels received treatment. An aggressive physician education program on the definition, evaluation, and management of hypercholesterolemia is needed.(Arch Intern Med 1989;149:933-935)
SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinte.1989.00390040129027
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1989.00390040129027
ER  -