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How critical illness impacts drug pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics

Critical illness can affect how drugs work in the body and how the body reacts to drugs. This can have important implications for treatment and the risk of adverse effects.…

Published: 8 February 2022

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Case study: treatment-resistant schizophrenia

An examination of how a patient with schizophrenia, who is transferred from a mental health hospital to the community, is treated with clozapine effectively.…

Published: 18 January 2022

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Inflammatory bowel disease: symptoms and diagnosis

How to identify and diagnose Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.…

Published: 31 August 2021

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COVID-19 pneumonia and COVID-19 associated acute respiratory distress syndrome: diagnosis and management

Following an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the UK, pharmacists should be able to identify serious respiratory complications of COVID-19 infection and facilitate appropriate management.…

Published: 10 August 2021

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Anaphylaxis: symptoms, causes and diagnosis

Anaphylaxis normally develops suddenly and can be fatal if not correctly identified and managed.…

Published: 28 July 2020

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Anaphylaxis: management

Anaphylaxis is potentially life-threatening; therefore, pharmacists must be able to immediately recognise symptoms and know how to treat patients.…

Published: 28 July 2020

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Case-based learning: recognising sepsis

Sepsis can lead to organ failure and death. However, early diagnosis and recognition in the pharmacy may help prevent these potentially fatal consequences.…

Published: 15 October 2019

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Managing dental emergencies in community pharmacy: hard tissue conditions

Patients often present to community pharmacies with oral and dental problems. This article focuses on the advice pharmacists and their teams can give to patients presenting with hard tissue emergencies.…

Published: 2 May 2019

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Sepsis: an update on identification and management

All healthcare professionals, including pharmacists, should be aware of the clinical features and management of sepsis. This article summarises the recent changes in the definition of sepsis in adults, as well as its management.…

Published: 11 January 2017

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Oxygen therapy: emergency use and long term treatment

Emergency oxygen treatment is used two million times a year by ambulance services, and almost one in five hospital patients in the UK are being treated with oxygen at any one time.…

Published: 26 June 2015