Prescribing
The PSA is aimed at final year medical students and those graduating overseas to...
Paracetamol overdose is a common presentation in A&E and so you may often find...
There are certain situations where you need to prescribe IV fluids which vary from...
When I supervise and teach FY1s, prescribing is among the top three things they are...
When assessing pain, ensure you begin by taking a history to characterise the pain...
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...
For new doctors, prescribing anticoagulants can be daunting. A few simple rules can...
Bowel obstruction is a common reason for admission or complication of patients under...
Dying is a natural process and unfortunately, something that we all come across in...
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....
Hypophosphatemia is a serum phosphate concentration < 2.5 mg/dL (0.81...
You will likely encounter an opiate overdose due to the prevalence of opiates for...
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...
Serum calcium concentration is tightly regulated between 2.1-2.6mmol/L. Severe hypercalcaemia...
You will frequently get calls regarding nausea & vomiting: many patients present...
As an FY1 it is likely that you will manage paediatric patients during their admission,...
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 UK Medicines Information group have provided excellent guidance on...
The general prescribing principles from both Old Age Psychiatrists and Geriatricians...
As doctors, you will frequently see patients with opiate dependence. It isn’t...
Medication errors are one of the most common and preventable causes of patient harm...
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines adverse drug reactions (ADR) as “any...
