Prescribing
When assessing pain, ensure you begin by taking a history to characterise the pain...
When I supervise and teach FY1s, prescribing is in the top three things they are...
As an FY1, you will encounter these either during clerking shifts or you may look...
For new doctors, prescribing anticoagulants can be daunting. A few simple rules can...
You will frequently get calls regarding nausea & vomiting: many patients present...
Serum calcium concentration is tightly regulated between 2.1-2.6mmol/L. Severe hypercalcaemia...
In this article, we’ll cover the treatments used in Diabetes Mellitus. We’ll...
Constipation is one of the most common complaints in hospital, especially on the...
As an FY1 you will frequently see hypokalaemia and most trusts have guidelines that...
In this article, we will go through the three most common scenarios you will encounter....
Dying is a natural process and unfortunately, something that we all come across in...
Bowel obstruction is a common reason for admission or complication of patients under...
In this article, we will present several common scenarios involving Parkinson’s disease...
Suddenly stopping alcohol intake in patients who have been drinking heavily for prolonged...
As doctors, you will frequently see patients with opiate dependence. It isn’t...
You will likely encounter an opiate overdose due to the prevalence of opiates for...
As an FY1 it is likely that you will manage paediatric patients during their admission,...
The UK Medicines Information group have provided excellent guidance on how to replace...
Medicines reconciliation is the process of accurately listing a person’s medicines....
Alongside strengthening bone, calcium is used in the clotting cascade, in muscle...
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines adverse drug reactions (ADR) as “any...
The general prescribing principles from both Old Age Psychiatrists and Geriatricians...
The PSA is aimed at final year medical students and those graduating overseas to...
There are certain situations where you need to prescribe IV fluids which vary from...
