Measles – catching your death
To mark World Immunisation Week, and in view of rapidly increasing numbers of cases of measles, our guide to this highly contagious, vaccine-preventable and potentially fatal disease is timely and essential reading for GPNs involved both in childhood immunisations and travel health
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Reducing cardiovascular risk: latest recommendations
Many patients who might benefit significantly from lipid-lowering therapy are not being treated at all, so the latest NICE guideline aims to increase the numbers of patients who are offered a statin to reduce their risk of cardiovascular events
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Targets for glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes
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Diagnosis of heart failure
Heart failure is the leading cause of hospitalisations in the over 65s and has a high prevalence in patients attending for regular review of long term illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension and chronic kidney disease (CKD). General practice nurses play a vital role in the management of patients with long term conditions, and are therefore in an ideal position to identify the early signs and symptoms of heart failure in patients that are most at risk of developing this condition. Read more
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