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Preoperative Assessment and Mallampati Scores
The Mallampati Score or Classification is a simple and easy to use tool that assists in predicting difficult endotracheal intubation.
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Better Together: GP Supervisor Education
Q: What do fish and chips, Batman and Robin, and country and western music have in common?
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2020, a year in review: Dr Carol Newall
We've asked some Community of Practice members to tell us about what 2020 has meant to them. Some things may surprise you...
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2020, a year in review: Dr Genevieve Yates
We've asked some Community of Practice members to tell us about what 2020 has meant to them. Some things may surprise you...
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Long COVID-19
Do we really need another syndrome?! Isn’t it just the same as recovery from any other infectious disease?
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Keys to prevention in mental health - Alexithymia
I first encountered the concept of alexithymia when I worked with people suffering from eating disorders. Many people experiencing eating disorders have great difficulty identifying and naming their own emotions.
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Adult Basic Life Support during COVID-19
Many healthcare processes have been re-evaluated in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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Who benefits from eMental Health?
The answer to that question definitely depends on who you ask. Let’s start with the cynics and get them out of the way.
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Fight back. Never yield: Atrial Fibrillation
This is no time to yield to atrial fibrillation (AF). As a former clinical pharmacist and academic working in the internal medicine ward and ambulatory clinic of a busy teaching hospital in Ethiopia, I encountered numerous cases where patients suffer from potentially preventable ischemic stroke due to AF.
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KISS Guide to Evidence Based Medicine 2020
This Hot Topics Keep it Simple Summary is a guide to evidence based medicine in 2020, straight from our UK partners, NB Medical.
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