Paracetamol dosing in hospital and on discharge for older people who are frail or have low body weight.

Aims: To describe paracetamol dosing and liver function test (LFT) monitoring in older hospital inpatients who are frail or have low body weight.

Methods: Retrospective observational study, at a 790-bed metropolitan public health service in Australia. Patients aged ≥70 years, with body weight <50 kg or frailty index based on laboratory data (FI-Lab) score ≥0.

Evaluation of communication to general practitioners when opioid-naïve post-surgical patients are discharged from hospital on opioids.

Background: To address the opioid crisis, much work has focused on minimizing opioid supply to surgical patients upon hospital discharge. Research is limited regarding handover to primary care providers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the communication of post-operative opioid prescribing information provided by hospitals to general practitioners (GPs).