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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...
This retrospective cohort study, published in the journal Lancet Public Health online sought to identify mortality amongst people prescribed opioid agonist therapy in Scotland between the years 2011...
In support of his view that overconfidence could be endemic in medicine, Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman wrote: ‘Experts who acknowledge the full extent of their ignorance may expect to be replaced by...
Baby Yousaf is born at 32 weeks gestation, birth weight of 1200 g and noted acute blood loss at birth. After 1 minute of resuscitation the heart rate is 45 bpm with no spontaneous respiration....
Diagnosis of IBS can be challenging due to the wide range of symptoms patients may experience, and there are various triggers exacerbating symptoms, which can vary over time. There may also be no...
Depression is mainly managed in primary care settings (Arroll et al, 2016). Treatment delivered in this setting include non-medicinal treatments and medication..
Skin is a dynamic organ that performs several functions (Oranges et al, 2015). The skin has three layers: the epidermis, the dermis and the hypodermis. The main function of the epidermis is to act as...
What dosage of adrenaline/epinephrine should be administered? .
Welcome to this June issue of Journal of Prescribing Practice. It's been a busy time since I last wrote to you all. We have welcomed our new Editor Polly and a lot has been happening in the healthcare...
A new study published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology has aimed to provide post-hoc analyses of a clinical trial that reported beneficial effects of medication reviews on...
Day 1: Originally derived from streptomyces bacteria (1960s), the main use for the synthetic oral form of #fosfomycin since the 1990s is for uncomplicated UTIs. Still available i.v for osteomyelitis,...
‘Understanding the trajectory of symptom burden and recovery from long COVID is crucial for policy making, treatment decisions, and care co-ordination’ .
This article in the journal JAMA Cardiology presents the findings of a cluster randomised clinical trial involving 4131 patients from 28 primary care practices and 158 clinicians between October 2019...
Obstetrician Ignatz Philipp Semmelweis (1818–1865) was the first person to demonstrate by experiment that handwashing can prevent infections. In May 1847, he instigated a chlorine-based handwashing...
The following scenario shows the prescribing cost of three medicines in general practice over a 1-month period. Work out the monthly cost savings after reviewing each prescription..
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