Ideology needs to be separated from data
QUALITY use of medicines can only be achieved if ideology and emotion are separated from data and evidence, an ethicist says.
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therapeutic guidelines
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Ideology needs to be separated from data
QUALITY use of medicines can only be achieved if ideology and emotion are separated from data and evidence, an ethicist says.
Clues to common dementia syndromes
THERAPEUTIC Guidelines: Psychotropic , version 6, includes a section outlining the features of the common dementia syndromes. Alzheimer’s disease is characterised by an insidious onset of symptoms, with initial forgetfulness progressing over time to profound memory impairment with accompanying dysphasia, dyspraxia and personality change. In frontal dementias , personality change and alteration in behaviour are the earliest manifestations of this condition. Social disinhibition and lack of insight may be a problem. A small number of patients with frontal dementia present with word-finding difficulty, which progresses to a profound nonfluent dysphasia ...
Funnel-web spider bite
THE new section on toxicology in the latest version of eTG complete includes a section on funnel-web spider bites. Funnel-web spiders ( Atrax and Hadronyche genera) are the most dangerous spiders in Australia and may cause severe, life-threatening envenomation. While rare, severe envenoming has been reported from southern NSW up to southern Queensland. First aid is the same as for snake bite, with a pressure immobilisation bandage. Most cases cause only local pain associated with puncture marks and local bleeding. Sometimes mild envenoming occurs, with local neurotoxicity (paraesthesia, numbness or ...