Dora is 83 years old, and you have noticed that she has become increasingly frail since transferring to your practice 12 months ago, with 4kg of unintentional weight loss over the last six months and more reliance on her walker
Are lower blood pressure targets (≤135/85mmHg) associated with a greater reduction in mortality and morbidity than standard blood pressure targets (≤140–160/90–100mmHg) in the treatment of people with hypertension and a history of cardiovascular disease?
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ recently released their eagerly awaited new guidelines on both childhood and adult asthma management (available at nzrespiratoryguidelines.co.nz), with an excellent article by Helen Cant in New Zealand Doctor (Clinical Update, 12 August) giving a clear synopsis of the recommendations
Amy van der Loo rounds up the clinical education content in the latest issue of New Zealand Doctor | Rata Aotearoa. Use the embedded links to go through to the relevant ELearning page
Coming, as I do, from Northern Ireland, and going to medical school in Belfast during the early 1970s, life was not exactly normal, but we normalised it
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management