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
Exercise treadmill testing for chest pain: Tips for referring the right patients
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Exercise treadmill testing for chest pain: Tips for referring the right patients
Wednesday 30 January 2019, 01:00 AM

Patients are being referred for exercise treadmill testing when they cannot complete one
Assessing chest pain and deciding who should be referred to an emergency department or cardiology service are challenging aspects of primary care. This article provides an overview of the testing, selection and referral of patients for exercise treadmill testing
Chest pain presentations to the emergency department are common; however, more than 80 per cent are found not to have myocardial infarction, so a ra
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