Based at the University Hospitals of Leicester, we serve the educational needs of healthcare practitioners in Acute & Emergency Medicine across the East Midlands, UK
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30% of people >65 years and 50% of people >80 years fall at least once a year.
Delirium is greatly under-detected in the ED. 1/3 of cases are preventable and twice as likely to die than non-delirious patients.
Diabetic patients who are unwell often have a higher BM than normal. The liver releases glucose to enable the body to fight illness.
TIAs are like angina of the brain: they can and will progress to a full stroke…
Pabrinex is not just for alcoholics. Consider it in anybody at risk of refeeding (e.g. malnutrition)
