Hospital Pharmacist
Vol 14 pp241-280 No 8
September 2007

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Comment   242

Shelf-lives of IV products — are there any limits? 242
By Michael Allwood, PhD, FRPharmS and Graham Sewell, PhD, MRPharmS
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News and research update   245-248

News summary  245-248
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-Government to help hospital pharmacists pay retention fee
-New learning tool to help NHS staff combat Clostridium difficile infection
-NICE guidance too expensive for NHS
-Lessons from Northwick Park included in new trials code
-New IT group for pharmacy
-Review data may be outdated
-Call for greater use of e-records

Special feature: Anorexia-cachexia   249-266

Life-long learning

Anorexia-cachexia — the condition and its causes 249-255
Anorexia-cachexia is a wasting condition commonly seen in patients with cancer or AIDS. The first part of this special feature describes the biochemical abnormalities thought to cause this condition, and the techniques used to detect it
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Anorexia-cachexia — pharmacological management 257-263
Management of anorexia-cachexia syndrome centres around treating the symptoms. This article describes evidence for the drugs currently used to manage these symptoms and those that look promising for the future
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Anorexia-cachexia syndrome — improving the patient experience 265-266
A pharmacist-led multidisciplinary group from Durham are investigating whether standardised management and assessment strategies can improve the care of cancer patients with anorexia-cachexia syndrome. This article describes their work
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Careers   267-268

Careers

Workplace
Workforce development — rising to current challenges 267-268
By Aamer Safdar, PGCE (PCET), MRPharmS, Wendy Pullinger, MEd, MRPharmS, Kenye Karemo, MRPharmS, Barry Jubraj, PGCEA, MRPharmS
Supporting pharmacy workforce development is difficult in the current financial climate. This article highlights some of the challenges faced by education and training practitioners, and suggests practical solutions
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Articles   270-271

Who reads this journal? (and what do they think about it?) 270-271
By Hannah Pike, MRPharmS and Gareth Malson, MRPharmS
Feedback from readers is important for every publication. Nearly 600 readers completed the readership survey that was sent out with the May issue of Hospital Pharmacist. The responses have now been analysed and are described in this article
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Focus on technicians   272-274

Focus on technicians

Risk registers — benefits for medicines management 272-274
This article describes a pharmacy technician’s involvement in a project to improve medicines management through development and maintenance of a risk register
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Life-long learning   277-278

Life-long learning

QUESTIONS: Anorexia-cachexia 277-278
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ANSWERS: Nausea and vomiting 277
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Guild Matters (newsletter)   insert

Guild Matters

Guild Matters is a new newsletter from the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists. The newsletter will highlight important issues to pharmacists and news from the Guild
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