The latest issue of the New Zealand Medical Journal is out tomorrow

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The latest issue of the New Zealand Medical Journal is out tomorrow

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Thursday 3 May 2018, 02:30 PM

New Zealand Medical Journal (Vol 131 (1474): 4 May 2018

1. Editorial - Live kidney donation: managing the “tyranny of the gift”

2. Kidney transplant is the best option for the long-term health of patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).

3. The Dunedin Dementia Risk Awareness Project: a convenience sample of general practitioners.

4. “Off Label or On Trend” - A review of the use of quetiapine in New Zealand

5. Outcomes following therapeutic lymphadenectomy for stage III malignant melanoma in a single unit

6. Confidence in the safety of standard childhood vaccinations among health professionals in New Zealand

7. Co-prescribing of contraindicated and use-with-caution drugs in a national cohort of new users of simvastatin: how well are prescribing guidelines followed?

8. Early Onset Dementia in New Zealand Pacific Boxers: A Case Series

9. A 100 years ago - The (Protopathic) Sensory Nerve Areas of the Hand

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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

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