This website is intended for healthcare professionals
This website is intended for healthcare professionals
The first step in safety-netting involves a formal, holistic assessment of whether it is appropriate to send the patient home to monitor themselves, rather than arranging for the patient to undergo a...
Tully and Cantrill (2005) describe appropriate prescribing as ‘indicated, necessary, evidence-based (using a broad meaning of ‘evidence’) and of acceptable cost and risk-benefit ratio’. Buetow et al...
Seizures are controlled with medication in about 70% of cases; inexpensive anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) are the mainstay of treatment. When seizures do not respond to AED therapy, surgery,...
Hyperkalaemia is a high level of potassium in the blood, classified in three levels: mild (serum potassium level of 5.5 mmol/litre to 5.9 mmol/litre), moderate (6.0 mmol/litre to 6.4 mmol/litre) or...
The PHE (2019) review was a response to a call from the Minister for public health and primary care in 2017 for PHE to identify the scale, distribution and causes of prescription drug dependence, and...
This month's roundup will present some of the latest independent prescribing research in palliative care prescribing. This is a complex speciality where patients frequently have multiple...
For treating epilepsy of all forms, except typical absences, the recommended oral dose for children under 11 years old is initially 1-1.5mg/kg twice daily (Joint Formularies Committee, 2019). The...
Within West Essex CCG, pride is taken in a progressive and imaginative approach to improving and enhancing patient care in the community..
The most commonly used enteral feeds are pre-digested and have CHO as the main source (around 50%) of energy (Pearce and Duncan, 2002). They are therefore easily absorbed, causing rapid rise in blood...
Journal of Prescribing Practice shares the latest clinical expertise and professional guidance for non-medical prescribers. Our goal is to provide the knowledge to help you prescribe more efficiently and effectively.
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