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Grab your trainers, your dog lead, or a cuppa and join us for some free CPD as we have another relaxed round up of recent Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. In the first of two episodes this month, Fiona and Nik discuss:
- Acute cough and pneumonia in adults. Who needs face-to-face assessment? Who needs antibiotics?
- ‘I got this new gadget’… we consider technology to support health and wellbeing.
Listen as soon as you can to ensure you have full access to all the free resources.
The rest of the Pearls from January will be covered next week along with a new best intentions story to put a smile on your face.
Acute cough and pneumonia in adults
The Independent: ‘What is a quad-demic?’ 12.12.2024
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/nhs-england-flu-symptoms-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus-b2663301.html
Triaging adults with respiratory tract infections (NICE 2023, NG237)
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng237
Cough (acute): antimicrobial prescribing (NICE 2019, NG120)
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng120
Pneumonia in adults (NICE 2023, CG191)
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg191
Technology to support health and wellbeing
Timeline of major milestones in the development of wearable sensors and a summary of their building blocks
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41578-022-00460-x/figures/1
Effectiveness of physical activity monitors in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis
BMJ 2022;376:e068047
https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj-2021-068047
Pedometers can help people get more active as part of an exercise programme.
BMJ 2020;369:m877
https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m877
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