Clinical reasoning skills are essential for effective consultations that lead to likely diagnoses and appropriate treatment or referral, argues Paul Rutter, Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Portsmouth University… read more.
Paul Rutter is Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Portsmouth University and the author of a best-selling textbook on symptoms, diagnosis and treatment in community pharmacy. His new book… read more.
Kieron Power is Principal Pharmacist for Thrombosis and Anticoagulation in Swansea Bay University Health Board in South Wales. He has played a leading role in the development of… read more.
A number of features have contributed to the success of the pharmacy-led outpatient PE pathway including a close working relationship with the doctors, the systematic delivery of seven-day… read more.
Evaluation of the new outpatient pulmonary embolism pathway showed that about 30% of patients could be managed safely and effectively via this route. Kieron Power, Principal Pharmacist for… read more.
The pulmonary embolism pathway has been designed to ensure acute risk assessment and appropriate follow up for all pulmonary embolism patients whether treated as inpatients or outpatients, according… read more.
Improved diagnostic techniques mean that many more low-risk pulmonary embolisms are being diagnosed now. However, a recent national report identified numerous shortcomings in the management of pulmonary embolism… read more.
Kieron Power is Principal Pharmacist for Thrombosis and Anticoagulation in Swansea Bay University Health Board in South Wales. He has played a leading role in the development of… read more.
Steve Tomlin is a pharmacist and Director of the Children’s Medicines Research and Innovation Centre (CMRIC) at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London. His mission is… read more.
As Director of the Children’s Medicines Research and Innovation Centre (CMRIC) at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, Steve Tomlin now uses his experience of hands-on… read more.
Effective use of standardised products in neonatology depends on expert knowledge of both the clinical situation and the pharmaceutics of the products – and this is where prescribing… read more.
A parenteral nutrition solution contains about 50 different components and is critical for survival and growth of a pre-term infant. Managing such products requires a good understanding of… read more.
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