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Rheumatological History, Examination and Investigations, Rheumatological disease can present with a wide range of symptoms and be associated with symptoms and signs affecting any b...
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring, What is ambulatory blood pressure monitoring? Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is a non-invasive method of obtaining bl...
Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs), See also Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis and the NICE Pathways 'Drug treatment for rheumatoid arthritis' [ 9 ] . ...
Drugs in Sport, These policies have been challenged, with some arguing that sportspeople found to be using recreational drugs should be offered counselling, rehabilitation, and m...
Antiplatelet Drugs, Patients receiving these drugs require very close monitoring, usually on coronary care units (CCUs). Thromboxane A2 and ADP are just two of over 90 kn...
Drug Allergy, Investigations [ 1 ] Usually no specific investigation is undertaken in primary care other than removing the suspected drug or even several drugs and ...
Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs), What are disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs? Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are a group of medicines th...
Ambulatory ECG Monitoring and Related Investigations, A 24-hour cardiac monitor is also often termed Holter monitor after Norman Holter who invented cardiac monitoring in 1949. Nowad...
Monitoring the NHS, They have one or more of the following roles: Representing the views of patients and the public to the NHS. Monitoring how well NHS bodies perform in tak...
Anti-arrhythmic Drugs, They may worsen or provoke arrhythmias in certain circumstances, such as hypokalaemia. Close monitoring is therefore essential. The negative inotropic effec...
Drug-induced Hepatitis, Clinical features vary with the pattern and severity of injury, which vary with the particular drug and the individual patient. [ 6 ] Often detected b...
Assessment of Drug Dependence, Notification of the patient to the relevant national drug monitoring system. Assessment of current drug and alcohol u...
Antifibrinolytic Drugs and Haemostatics, For hereditary angio-oedema - 1-1.5 g bd-tds daily. Monitoring [ 1 ] Regular eye examinations and LFTs are recommended during long...
Eye Drugs - Prescribing and Administering, High phosphate concentration in eye drops may be harmful to the cornea (this was noted with phosphate used as a buffer for sodium hyaluronate artifi...
Crystal Methamphetamine Drug Abuse, Compared with cocaine withdrawal, METH withdrawal is considered to produce more severe and prolonged depression so careful monitoring for suicidal...
Drug Dependence Treatment, Dependence on a substance means that you need that particular substance to function normally. Drug dependence can result from prescribed drugs, r...
Recreational Drugs, Recreational drugs and the law The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 The Misuse of Drugs Act was a law passed in 1971 in the UK to try to prevent t...
Drug Allergy, In this leaflet these reactions are called 'drug allergies'. In this instance the drugs referred to are medicines people take for their health. , D...
Benzodiazepines and Z Drugs, What are Z drugs? Medicines called zolpidem and zopiclone are commonly called the Z drugs. Is zopiclone a benzodiazepine?
Self-monitoring in Diabetes Mellitus, The role of glucose monitoring Self-monitoring of blood glucose is considered an effective tool for the management of diabetes...