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Non-medical prescribing by allied health professionals.
(Institute of Health and Social Care Management, 2022-05-26)The 1968 Medicines Act provides public safeguards in the governance of medicines and outlines the restrictions on who is legally entitled to prescribe them. Any change to the legislation requires a clear rationale and a ... -
Steroid use in non-pneumococcal and non-Haemophilus bacterial meningitis.
(The Lancet, Elsevier, 2022-02-19)No abstract available. -
Trends in the pharmacological management of atrial fibrillation in UK general practice 2008-2018.
(Heart, BMJ Publishing Group, 2022-04-01)Objective: The pharmacological management of atrial fibrillation (AF) comprises anticoagulation, for stroke prophylaxis, and rate or rhythm control drugs to alleviate symptoms and prevent heart failure. The aim of this ... -
An integrative review of method types used in the study of medication error during anaesthesia: implications for estimating incidence.
(British Journal of Anaesthesia, Elsevier, 2021-09-01)To meet the WHO vision of reducing medication errors by 50%, it is essential to know the current error rate. We undertook an integrative review of the literature, using a systematic search strategy. We included studies ... -
Correction to: Cost effectiveness of ranibizumab vs aflibercept vs bevacizumab for the treatment of macular oedema due to central retinal vein occlusion:the LEAVO study.
(PharmacoEconomics, Springer Nature, 2021-06-19)The article Cost Effectiveness of Ranibizumab vs Aflibercept vs Bevacizumab for the Treatment of Macular Oedema Due to Central Retinal Vein Occlusion: The LEAVO Study,written by Becky Pennington, Abualbishr Alshreef, Laura ... -
Safe, effective and appropriate prescribing of anticoagulant therapies.
(British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, MA Healthcare Ltd, 2019-04-05)Anticoagulation can be prescribed for numerous indications. Some examples include stroke prevention in the context of non-valvular atrial fibrillation; thromboprophylaxis following mechanical heart valve replacement and ... -
Cost effectiveness of ranibizumab vs aflibercept vs bevacizumab for the treatment of macular oedema due to central retinal vein occlusion: the LEAVO study.
(PharmacoEconomics, Springer Nature, 2021-04-26)Background: We aimed to assess the cost effectiveness of intravitreal ranibizumab (Lucentis), aflibercept (Eylea) and bevacizumab (Avastin) for the treatment of macular oedema due to central retinal vein occlusion. Methods: ... -
Pharmacy outpatient medicine collection point.
(The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, 2020-05-14)Within days of the first COVID-19 lockdown the Pharmacy Department had created an outpatient medicine collection point for the remote collection and delivery of medicines to vulnerable patients with long term conditions. ... -
Monitoring nurse prescribing - safe practice or intrusive bureaucracy?
(Epilepsy Care, Neuroeducation, 2010-12-01)No abstract available. -
Antidepressant prescribing in England: patterns and costs
(Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders, Physician Postgraduate Press, 2020-04-16)Objective: The number of prescriptions for antidepressants (ADs) in England and Wales has almost doubled in the past decade. The objective of this article is to describe the current prescribing rates of different antidepressants ... -
Overprescribing antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria in older adults: a case series review of admissions in two UK hospitals.
(Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, BioMed Central Ltd, 2019-05-02)Background: Overdiagnosis and overtreatment of urinary tract infection (UTI) with antibiotics is a concern. In older adults, diagnosis of UTI using near-patient urine tests (reagent strip tests, dipsticks) is advised against ... -
Simple ammonium salts acting on sigma-1 receptors yield potential treatments for cancer and depression.
(Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing, 2020-06-08)Sigma-1 and sigma-2 receptors are emerging therapeutic targets. We have identified that simple ammonium salts bind to these receptors and are effective in vivo. Radioligand binding assays were used to obtain structure-activity ... -
Missed or late medications within paediatric settings.
(The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, 2020-10-21)The Trust has identified that there appears to be late or missed medications due to administration processes that require action within Paediatric inpatient areas. Understanding of staff issues related to this and development ... -
In vivo and in silico characterization of apocynin in reducing organ oxidative stress: a pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study.
(Pharmacology Research & Perspectives/, Wiley., 2020-08-05)Apocynin has been widely used in vivo as a Nox2-contaninig nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase inhibitor. However, its time-dependent tissue distribution and inhibition on organ reactive oxygen species (ROS) ...
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