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In this article by Stevens et al (2020) we start to see some early evidence looking at the rate and spectrum of antibiotic prescribing being collected in a single centre study.
As we know as prescribers, antibiotic stewardship and appropriate prescribing of antibiotic therapy to reduce this incidence of resistance is an often-focussed field of research (Zhu et al, 2021). In...
This piece of original research, carried out in May 2020 in China, used a questionnaire method to gather information about diabetic patients as a measure to determine recruitment before conducting a...
This editorial published online in the Journal of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics near the beginning of the pandemic looked at issues and aspects to consider when conducting what they term...
This review article from Tokyo in Japan was published in March 2020 and outlined what was being seen by clinicians dealing with ill patients in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (Iba et al,...
This editorial considers how end-of-life decision making has been impacted by the SARS-COVID-19 pandemic (Pattison, 2020). They state that the ‘unprecedented and unfolding global has forced healthcare...
Two publications reviewed look at the prescribing of anticipatory medications at the end of life..
Richards et al (2020) start this paper by looking at the current picture of prescribing of opioids in a primary care setting. They acknowledge that research shows that an increase in opioid...
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is at the heart of controlling the spread of the COVID-19 infection in hospitals and care setting, as well as the wearing of face masks in public spaces. The use...
A large mixed methods systematic review of 236 studies aimed to establish the feasibility, acceptability and cost effectiveness of bariatric treatment including pharmacotherapy, orlistat. Twelve...
This Australian study described an intervention to reduce oxycodone prescribing, an additive opioid medication used for pain management (Kline et al, 2019). Opioid consumption in Australia is the...
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...
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