Test yourself: the 2020 CPD and learning quiz Take our quiz, with questions based on some of 2020’s best loved CPD and learning articles, and test your knowledge on a range of subjects from gene therapy to respiratory tract diseases.…
Pharmacist-led atrial fibrillation case finding programme prevents an estimated 90 strokes A pharmacist-led programme to identify patients with atrial fibrillation may have prevented up to 90 AF-related strokes across 23 clinical commissioning group areas, NHS England has said.…
Charity expresses patient safety concerns over draft atrial fibrillation guidance from NICE A UK charity has expressed patient safety concerns over draft guidance issued by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the management of atrial fibrillation.…
Increased anticoagulation is reducing the rate of stroke and saving nearly £300 per patient treated, study suggests The NHS is saving nearly £300 per patient on oral anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation, despite rising prescription costs for the medicine, owing to a decline in AF-related strokes.…
Gaps between clinical guidelines and practice for lipid management in Europe, researchers find Less than 60% of patients receiving lipid-lowering therapy achieve the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels set out in European guidelines.…
Cancer-associated thrombosis Venous thromboembolism is a complication of cancer that pharmacists should understand to ensure that their patients have the best possible outcomes. …
Pharmacists could screen patients for AF during flu vaccination appointments, study suggests Screening for atrial fibrillation could be carried out during flu vaccination appointments to increase early detection rates, a feasibility study has suggested.…
Statin use in older adults associated with a 25% reduced risk in all-cause mortality, study suggests New statin use in older adults is associated with a significantly lower risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association has suggested. …
Statins linked to lower risk of death from COVID-19, study suggests Patients hospitalised with COVID-19 who take statins are less likely to die than those who do not, a retrospective study published in Cell Metabolism suggests.…
Cutting use of antihypertensives may not affect mortality or cardiovascular outcomes, Cochrane review finds Antihypertensive discontinuation in older people may have no effect on clinically important outcomes, such as mortality or cardiovascular events, a Cochrane review has concluded.…
