Atencion primaria
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To describe how patients with back pain are usually handled at a health centre. ⋯ Clinical evaluation of patients with back pain is still inadequate in our centre, and x-rays are requested without adherence to formal or explicit criteria. We prescribe more NSAIDs than paracetamol for therapy.
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To assess the quality and relevance of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) published as Letters to the Editor (LE) in Spanish medical journals. ⋯ ADRs constitute an important part of LE in the journals studied. The causal relationship is acceptable, the documentation quality is high, with few unknown reactions and ADRs to recently marketed drugs. Relevance is generally low, although greater in Medicina Clínica.