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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Insidiously Contracted Hand

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A 64-year-old Caucasian male with a history of alcohol use disorder and tobacco use disorder presents with painless bilateral hand contractures that have been worsening for the past several months. Laboratory Data Non-contributory Case Question: What is the diagnosis and initial management? The patient works as a construction worker.

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UK-wide whole genome sequencing for newborns is feasible – but there are some key questions to answer first

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WGS opens up the capability to test for a wider range of conditions than presently tested for, but there are a number of considerations that must be taken into account before doing so. clinical management of the condition must be optimised in all healthcare providers. Boundaries to NBS’ scope.

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What HCPs think about COVID-19’s impact on cancer

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Patients with diagnosed COVID-19 on active anti-cancer treatment, follow standard clinical management plans for delay or modification of cancer treatment in a patient with active infection’ [link]. ASCO Coronavirus Resources – FAQs ? — Aditya Bardia, MD (@ABhealer108) March 14, 2020.

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Welcome to the COVIDome, a new tool for COVID-19 R&D

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A new R&D toolkit called the COVIDome, which has been shared by its developers in the hope that it could accelerate research into new approaches to the clinical management of COVID-19. What do you get? They have previously used a similar approach to develop TrisomExplorer, a tool used for researching Down syndrome.

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Inventory Control

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Introduction The advice presented in this post are solely based on my two-year experience in inventory management at my hospital. Hopefully, these will serve as some tips when you are new to inventory management. As the rule of thumb, we should practice FEFO principle (i.e. First Expiry First Out).

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Learning in Outpatient Pharmacy

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This presents another opportunity for medication counselling. Clinical Management At my hospital, more elderly patients are prescribed with donepezil compared to memantine. The three-times-daily dosing can be found in Lexicomp.

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Provisional Registered Pharmacist Training: Hospital or Community

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PRPs are slowly nurtured to learn more on clinical management as well as familiarising themselves with drug dispensing and counselling. Moreover, different from government clinic, PRPs have more weekends and after office hours shifts. PRPs are also expected to read guidelines and to complete works, logbooks and presentations.