Parkinson’s disease: management and guidance An overview of Parkinson’s disease management, including discussion of the updated National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines.…
A failure to learn from our mistakes puts patients at risk Collective amnesia in the NHS means that major issues affecting patient safety, such as medication errors, are not being adequately addressed, writes David Cousins.…
Identifying modifiable risk factors to reduce inpatient hypoglycaemia Through analysing a randomly selected sample of patients with low blood glucose and diabetes over a course of a year, this prospective study found that a significant number of hypoglycaemia episodes were not treated to established protocol.…
Testing annual asthma reviews for those who fail to attend: proof-of-concept study Asthma is one of the most common respiratory conditions in the UK. Around 30% of asthma patients fail to attend their annual asthma review, which leads to an increase in the number of preventable asthma-related hospital admissions. By using SIMPLE methodology and the PharmOutcomes® web-ba…
Metronidazole: high dose and long duration risks peripheral neuropathyMetronidazole — a member of the nitroimidazole class of antibiotics — provides potent bactericidal action against anaerobic bacterial and protozoal infections. It is commonly used across all healthcare settings for common infections and plays an important role in treating both suspected …
Pharmacists in a multidisciplinary atrial fibrillation clinicAtrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac rhythm disturbance and increases in prevalence with advancing age. Each year, Tallaght University Hospital in Dublin assesses and admits over 400 patients with stroke and transient ischemic attack. AF is implicated as a causative factor in 33% of t…
Cannabidiol reduces seizure rate in rare form of epilepsy Cannabidiol reduces the risk of drop seizures in people with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a rare, severe form of epilepsy, according to the results of a recent study…
