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There is “amazing, incredible” and “amazing, shocking”. For general practice, events of 2021 fell all along that spectrum. Whether it was the amazing, incredible COVID-19 response provided by general practice and Māori and Pacific health services in an almost vacuum of support from officialdom, or the amazing, unbelievable tangles ensuing as care in the community rolled out, it was all complicated and complex – literally, a maze. In the following pages, the New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa team picks up a few of the themes of a tumultuous 2021
Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality
