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
Anaesthesia gases are climate culprit as much as they are patients’ friend
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Anaesthesia gases are climate culprit as much as they are patients’ friend
Monday 4 December 2017, 01:49 PM

Counties Manukau DHB anaesthetist Rob Burrell took a hard look at use of potent, carbon-emitting gases
This is the last in our five-part series focusing on climate change and what it means for communities, health and the health sector. Part five: the anaesthetist
We’re doing more work, doing it greener and spending less money on these drugs
Counties Manukau DHB anaesthetists have been cajoled into being b
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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