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Research Roundup

Anticipatory prescribing

This article, published in the BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, is a systematic review of the evidence concerning the anticipatory prescribing of injectable medications in an adult population since...

Anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation

This study, published in the journal EP Europace, sought to establish a prospective registry looking at the contemporary management of patients with atrial fibrillation by cardiologists, GPs and other...

Pharmacist prescribers

This original piece of evaluation research, published online in May 2022 in the Journal of Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy sought to assess the safety and accuracy of inpatient...

Prescribing in alcohol use disorders

This first article, published in the Irish Medical Journal in January 2022 (Doody et all, 2022), presents the findings of a clinical audit on alcohol detoxification within the National Institute of...

Prescribing uses of botulinum toxin

This article published in January 2022 in the journal Toxins sought to review the current evidence on Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT/A) concerning its effect on bladder sensation and the potential...

Sexual and reproductive health prescribing

This original research study, published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing in January 2022 aimed to compare the implications of using nurse prescribing and the use of patient group directions (PGDs)...

Prescribing for respiratory disease

This original research study, published in the journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases, aimed to provide an overview evaluation of the clinical safety of delaying antibiotic commencement for upper...

Electronic prescribing

This original research article published in the European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy aimed to investigate any differences in rates of prescribing errors made by medical prescribers as compared to...

Nurse and midwife prescribing: principles, values and beliefs

This overview article in the advanced practice section of the British Journal of Nursing outlines the general principles of nurse prescribing practice in the UK and its current standing (Mitchell and...

Analgesia prescribing in primary care

This interrupted time series analysis published in the British Journal of General Practice looks at the impact of published guidance on prescribing rates of simple analgesia in primary care settings...

Antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship

This mixed methods study using a reasoned action approach in the Journal of Hospital Infection aimed to measure nurse independent prescribers' (NIPs) intention to manage patients, presenting with an...

Statin prescribing, preventative use and lipid levels

This review of the literature published in the Journal of Vascular Health and Risk Management (Reynolds et al, 2021), looked at the important area of the use of the drug group statins and the...

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