reviews https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/141/4/e20173742.long https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2213858717300992https://www.dovepress.com/the-effect-of-cross-sex-hormonal-treatment-on-gender-dysphoria-individ-peer-reviewed-article-NDT desistion https://jaacap.org/article/S0890-8567(08)60142-2/fulltext https://www.docdroid.net/hY664Sc/steensma2013.pdf https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5d46/ec82d6bb6f65e78f5140b6edb04efb7b5cdd.pdf?_ga=2.207012119.584406451.1582916682-1862992690.1582916682 uncertainties https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5841333/ Tavistock data (appendix 7) Click to access board-papers-2015-06.pdf
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council members can now access papers online! ** major advance *** – thank John Cosgrove for raising and driving this. topics for today that I spoke on – there is no point in repeating other peoples’ points, and we can only report what I said. have been elected to trustee board, thankyou. Will do my […]
Continue Reading →Inside Health 18/2/20- healthcare staff and contagious disease
Edinburgh 1969-78 hepatitis B https://www.jstor.org/stable/4452769?seq=1 Prejudice against people with certain diseases, historically minimal risk to HPC re HIV Ebola impact on staff , deaths in healthcare staff due to Ebola , impact on communities, stigma, SARS impact , retrospective , analysis of outbreak in Toronto, impact on staff , post outbreak effects, Coronavirus Lancet stats, […]
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potentially unnecessary vaginal examinations – study JAMA commentary 2013 systematic review Annals Internal Medicine 2014 PLCO study showing bimanual exams don’t help screen for ovarian cancer
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lovely combination Blood pressure pills at night reproducibility crisis review article and old Cochrane review new study – Hygia project and trial registration (spot difference) old study and BP levels with diurnal meds – taking (similar bp results, didn’t address morbidity) MAPEC study HEAD LICE Nice guidance resistance wet combing
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a history of antidepressant withdrawal 1950s – class of drug called tricyclics started to be used for depression reports of withdrawal side effects in medical literature in 1960s and 70s suggesting slow withdrawals https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/070674376601101S27 another class of drugs called MAOIs – again not commonly used nowadays for depression, available in 1950s onwards, lots of interactions […]
Continue Reading →Inside Health 15/10/19 the confusion of Zantac
these are just notes, sorry! recall affects brand only, prescription only, zantac preparations (i.e. The four products affected are Zantac 150mg/10ml Syrup, Zantac 50mg/2ml Injection, Zantac 150mg Tablets and Zantac 300mg Tablets) and not the over the counter version of zantac or other generics of raniditine. Issues with this contaminant since summer 2018 – issues with […]
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NHSE document on prescription restrictions Headlice http://www.bad.org.uk/for-the-public/patient-information-leaflets/head-lice/?showmore=1&returnlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bad.org.uk%2Ffor-the-public%2Fpatient-information-leaflets#.XZR045NKjfY https://www.bmj.com/content/331/7513/384 verucca /warts https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11686980 out of the chemicals dimeticone best https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31510998 NSAID gel https://www.cochrane.org/CD007402/SYMPT_topical-non-steroidal-anti-inflammatory-drugs-acute-musculoskeletal-pain-adults Cold sores A Systematic Review on the Efficacy of Topical Acyclovir, Penciclovir, and Docosanol for the Treatment of Herpes Simplex Labialis https://cks.nice.org.uk/herpes-simplex-oral
Continue Reading →Inside Health 8/10/19 – anticoagulants, antiplatelets, gastric protection
the key trials are these two COMPASS and US retrospective study pharmaceutical journal report medication safety report NICE guidance growth in DOAC use other issues https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(15)00926-2/fulltext risk of bleeding scores after blood clots https://www.thrombosisresearch.com/article/S0049-3848(17)30047-6/fulltext https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10840-014-9930-y This systematic review focused the high bleeding-risk category of commonly used risk scores in AF. Our main findings were as follows: (1) Overall […]
Continue Reading →Inside Health 8/10/19- anticoagulants and gastric protection
the key trials are these two COMPASS and US retrospective study pharmaceutical journal report medication safety report NICE guidance growth in DOAC use other issues https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(15)00926-2/fulltext risk of bleeding scores after blood clots https://www.thrombosisresearch.com/article/S0049-3848(17)30047-6/fulltext https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10840-014-9930-y This systematic review focused the high bleeding-risk category of commonly used risk scores in AF. Our main findings were as follows: […]
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