For older people and frail people, the long-term benefit of medicines reduces and the potential for harm from adverse effects increases. When the benefit–risk balance changes in this way, medicine review and optimisation are important to simplify the therapeutic regimen, reduce inappropriate medicines and minimise risks. In this article, pharmacist prescriber Linda Bryant uses two case studies to illustrate important considerations during medicine reviews
What you need to know about the clinical utility of PET-CT
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What you need to know about the clinical utility of PET-CT
Wednesday 14 September 2022, 12:30 AM

Fused PET and CT images showing high metabolic activity within the anterior mediastinal lymphomatous masses, which measure up to 5cm [Image: Supplied]
This article looks at recent advances in combined functional and anatomic imaging, specifically positron emission tomography-computed tomography
Key points, PET-CT is a hybrid imaging modality that produces a more complete picture of a patient’s cancer disease status than standalone CT.
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