Causes and treatment of urge incontinence in women

The BMJ (2020) states that this type of urinary incontinence may be caused by changes in anatomical support and/or neuromuscular function of the pelvic floor, or it may be idiopathic. There is a high...

Challenges in prescribing practice

This piece of original research published in the BMJ Open online in January 2022, sought to explore the barriers to and facilitators of reporting detected prescribing errors in a primary care setting...

The dangers of online pharmacies

Calculating osmolarities of peripheral infusions to avoid thrombophlebitis

Show that 10% w/v glucose will be unable to provide the target glucose infusion rate with this limited amount of fluid available. .

What is the value of supplementary prescribing in the 2020s? A dietitian's perspective

Supplementary prescribing involves a voluntary partnership between an IP (a doctor or dentist) and an SP to implement an agreed, patient-specific clinical management plan (CMP), with the patient's...

Medication management for patients with Parkinson's: the impact of a nurse specialist and non-medical prescribing in the hospital setting

In July 2000 the Department of Health (DH, 2000) published the NHS Plan. This included strategies to develop traditional roles, allowing nurses opportunities to evolve and challenge boundaries in...

Seasonal asthma: should it be managed differently?

Asthma is an inflammatory condition where the airways have become hyperreactive in response to a trigger (eg house dust mite, pollen, cats, viruses and temperature changes). The inflammatory cascade...

Insulin for diabetes: 100 years of therapy

During the summer of 1921, an unlikely team consisting of Frederick Banting, a newly established physician specialising in orthopaedics and a professor of physiology, and Charles Best, one of his lab...

Calculating osmolarities of peripheral infusions to avoid thrombophlebitis: answers

Show that 10% w/v glucose will be unable to provide the target glucose infusion rate with this limited amount of fluid available. .

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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved tixagevimab/cilgavimab (Evusheld), a new monoclonal antibody combination, for COVID-19 pre-exposure prophylaxis, or...

Drug breakdown: caffeine

Day 1: Used for centuries as a stimulant, #caffeine was found via coffee bean analysis circa 1820, but is also found in the cocoa bean, guarana seeds, tea leaves etc; #caffeine can also be synthesised...

Prescribing for patients with a stoma: common concerns and care

A high output can put a patient at risk of dehydration, making advice such as drinking oral rehydration solutions rather than plain water important, as water can make the problem worse. Modified...