Luqman Ahmad
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Our innovator. Our invincible. Happy birthday, Arsene Wenger ❤️
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Three modes of organising for improvement: (1) Doing things well (2) Doing things better (3) Doing better things An organisational improvement strategy should focus on all three. Many organisations currently are overfocussed on (1) & (2) and under focussed on (3). This is risky
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Liquid Vitamin & Iron Supplements in Neonates & Children. Latest NPPG position statement gives guidance on use & will be helpful in navigating shortages. It also has a link to a summary of liquid & chewable/soluble tablet multivitamins available in the UK
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Do you run a @UKMedicinesInfo patient helpline? Do you know what's most important to your potential callers, esp those who don't call in the end? Our new paper will tell you - extended opening hours & quick answers, but other things matter too. https://t.co/f5HLDbbNzj 1/2
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Patient medicines helpline services (PMHS) can reduce harm and improve medicines adherence and patient satisfaction after hospital discharge. There is little evidence of which PMHS attributes are m...
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🚨SAFETY FLASH 🚨 Glycerol Toxicity from Slushies Can present as nausea, abdominal pain, headache, drowsiness and profound hypoglycaemia. See the full SF with links: https://t.co/809nqNjEkD For all our safety flashes and news alerts: https://t.co/vcsoaYXB4q
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A tragic death https://t.co/04lcFd0zUO Large volume LA infiltration (by a surgeon) now commonplace joint replacement, plastics & vascular surgery Falls between stools - who is the prescriber - who is responsible for preparation - who is responsible for complications Coroner's
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A 47-year-old woman dies after she was given too much local anaesthetic during surgery in hospital.
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Methadone's analgesic duration is much shorter than it's anticraving effects when used for opioid use disorder (6 to 8 hours versus >24 hours respectively). When managing acute pain in a patient established on methadone for opioid use disorder the once daily maintenance dose of
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Our Self-Administration of Medicines policy has been highlighted by @ParkinsonsUK, as part of a new resource for professionals who are developing policies to improve the delivery of time-critical medication. View the guide - https://t.co/XRkjltAfQl
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🚨 SAFETY FLASH with @UKCPA! 🚨 Pabrinex® Shortage. IV Pabrinex® will be out of stock from August 2024. See the full SF with links🔗: https://t.co/d7dHPLRJ7b For all our safety flashes and news alerts: https://t.co/vcsoaYXB4q
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All opioids act directly on blood and tissue cells to release histamine, which may produce flushing, tachycardia, hypotension, pruritus, and bronchospasm. Histamine release is greatest with large doses of morphine, while fentanyl, hydromorphone and remifentanil release little
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Gastrografin is the go-to water-soluble contrast for treating adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO). Each 100 mL has 10g sodium diatrizoate & 66g meglumine diatrizoate (osmolarity: 2150 mOsm/L). It works by drawing water into the bowel, reducing edema, and boosting muscle
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💊Opioids + immunosuppression💊 Some opioids (especially morphine, methadone, and fentanyl) are immunosuppressive, reducing natural killer cell activity and neutrophil chemotaxis. Four epidemiologic studies link prescription opioids to an increased risk of serious infections.
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📣Our medicines monitoring tool summarises recommendations and guidance to help you develop individualised patient monitoring plans📣 This month we updated advice on levothyroxine. To access the tool click⬇️ https://t.co/nxxDgRgzMj
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