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Cardiac arrhythmias represent a significant burden, affecting morbidity and mortality (Gheorghe-Andrei et al, 2018). Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia, and prevalence not only...
Eli Lilly (2023) created donanemab, noting last year that 47% of participants taking the medication had no clinical progression at one year of the disease. However, the placebo group also had no...
‘Prescribers should become aware of the characteristics of the setting in which they work, and be conscious of how this may influence communication and patient interactions’.
Duncan et al (2016) published a study in the BMJ Open, which evaluated trends in the prescribing of quetiapine to adults in the Canadian province of Alberta between 2008 and 2013.
A tool has been developed that requires a health professional to carry out the assessment (Lauridsen et al, 2022). A UTI risk factor model was used as the basis to inform the content included in the...
A study published late last year in the British Medical Journal (Wang et al, 2022) evaluated the association between the initiation of fluoroquinolones and admissions to hospitals or emergency...
Sotomi et al (2023) examine the use of machine learning to identify cohorts of a population that may benefit from specific medications. The team had previously established a machine learning-based...
Diabetes UK (2023), together with the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, defines remission as HbA1c levels remaining below 48 mmol/mol or 6.5% for...
A new study published in the British Medical Journal has examined whether the use of the receptor agonist glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitors, and sodium-glucose...
As we make our way through cold and flu season, prescribers are likely to encounter many patients with varying degrees of illness from these viruses..
In 2021, the British Thoracic Society (BTS, 2022) carried out a national audit of the management of tobacco dependency in acute care trusts, following previous audits in 2019 and 2016. The audit...
The New England Journal of Medicine recently published the results of a study examining the efficacy of tirzepatide—a novel glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide and glucagon-like peptide-1...
The Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment Trialists' Collaboration (2021a) reported from their large-scale study that a 5 mmHg reduction of systolic blood pressure reduced the risk of major cardiovascular...
In the recently published study, Gasbjerg et al (2022) examined the effects of one and two doses of intravenous dexamethasone in patients post surgery..
In exploring what effective rehabilitation would look like, Cheng et al (2021) recommend a comprehensive programme encompassing the promotion of functional recovery, as they note that this has been...
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