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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...

Audit and re-audit of medication use in patients with impaired kidney function

To identify medications that were most likely to be prescribed at inappropriate doses in patients with CKD 3-5, and to implement methods to improve patient care in this area by sharing results with...

Personalisation of DAPT: from ‘bench’ to bedside

Given the ever-increasing body of evidence and availability of scoring systems, the authors aimed to assess if the personalisation of DAPT was being translated into clinical practice. A single centre...

Nurse prescribing in end-of-life care in the community: meeting patients' needs

A significant amount of palliative care medicines management in the home is carried out by patients and their families or other informal carers, in the absence of direct contact and guidance by health...

Changing the way type 2 diabetes is managed

The main complications of diabetes are microvascular disease affecting the eyes, nerves and kidneys, and macrovascular disease leading to cardiovascular disease (CVD), cerebrovascular disease and...

Anaemia in primary care: iron deficiency and anaemia of chronic disease

Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is the most common cause of anaemia and is a problem worldwide, with an estimated 500 million people affected, occurring both in low-income countries such as sub-Saharan...

Fungal skin infections

Fungal infections caused by dermatophytes, a group of fungi that invade and grow in dead keratin, causing infection that is normally confined to dead layers of skin. Because dermatophytes require...

Deprescribing in mental health: pragmatic steps for a better quality of life

There have been numerous studies and articles over the last few years looking at deprescribing in mental health. For example, Bjerre et al (2018) outline that the deprescribing of antipsychotics for...

Dermatology prescribing update: eczema

Emollients are first line therapy in eczema, this is evidence-based UK guidance (NICE 2007; 2018; PCDS, 2019). Complete emollient therapy should always be advised, this is: ‘everything that goes on...

Medication adherence: understanding the issues and finding solutions

Adherence is defined as the extent to which the individual's behaviour or actions match the recommendations agreed with their health professional (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence...

Prescribing in patients with kidney disease

Diabetes accounts for nearly half of CKD diagnoses in the UK and over 10 000 people have end-stage kidney disease as a result of their diabetes (UK Renal Registry, 2018). An ageing population, coupled...

Paramedic independent prescribing in primary care: seven steps to success

Paramedics in the UK are the first in the world to be granted prescriptive authority representing a significant opportunity to make a difference to professional practice and patient care. Key to...

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