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Hypertension is known to be a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease, which is the major cause of death in the UK. In Birmingham, around 12% of the population are estimated to be affected,...
Becoming a student nurse meant giving up a full-time job and moving from a rural location with plentiful exercise spaces to an urban setting with limited green space. My new location meant I was away...
The more rigorous and well prepared the article is, the greater its chances of being accepted for publication. This means that attention to detail and thoroughness in the writing process can...
Owing to increased medical knowledge and capabilities, more children and young people are living with chronic conditions or long-term complications of treatment. And many are dependent on technology...
Patient Safety Learning (2024) is a charity for improving patient safety that provides excellent resources to share learning. It has recently produced a report analysing the results of questions...
‘If sites for venous access are limited and no evidence for phlebitis or infection is present, peripheral venous catheters can be left in place for longer periods, although the patient and the...
MS is a chronic inflammatory condition, affecting the central nervous system, which leads to the formation of lesions in the white and grey matter, as well as diffuse damage and neurodegeneration of...
An 80-year-old woman had septic arthritis (Figure 2). She had a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder and type II diabetes. She was an inpatient receiving intravenous antibiotics and...
COPD is a term given to a collection of lung diseases including chronic bronchitis and emphysema (Plant et al, 2000). The World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) estimated that there was a prevalence...
Both the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 have provisions for the authorisation of a deprivation of liberty that are compliant with Article 5 of the European Convention on Human...