Lu-Ann Murdoch
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 10/11/2023
POP QUIZ: Diabetes foot infections
According to 2023 International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot/Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines, all of the following statements about treatment of diabetes-related foot infections are true, EXCEPT for . . . - 10/11/2023
Which drugs can increase fall risk in older adults?
Medication reviews and deprescribing are key interventions to prevent falls in older adults. - 10/10/2023
Updated guidelines for management of diabetes-related foot infections
Provide practical, comprehensive, evidence-based guidance for the diagnosis and treatment of foot infections in people with diabetes. - 10/4/2023
Increase in anticholinergic burden linked to acute cardiovascular events in older adults
Assessment of overall anticholinergic burden is essential for older patients taking multiple medications. - 10/2/2023
Paxlovid shows greatest benefit in severely immunocompromised patients with COVID-19
B.C. study finds no benefit in reducing death or COVID-related hospitalization in lower-risk individuals, including those 70 years or older who were not moderately or severely immunocompromised. - 9/27/2023
Display two new resources that help to rapidly diagnose and manage anaphylaxis
Public Health Agency of Canada offers visual aid for prompt diagnosis and management of anaphylaxis after vaccination, plus an IM epinephrine dosing chart by weight or age. - 9/25/2023
New drug for heart failure now available in Canada
Verquvo (vericiguat) is used for symptomatic chronic heart failure in adults with reduced ejection fraction who are stabilized after a recent heart failure decompensation event. - 9/24/2023
POP QUIZ: Stable COPD and pharmacotherapy
According to the 2023 Canadian Thoracic Society guidelines on pharmacotherapy in patients with stable COPD, all the following statements are true, EXCEPT for . . . - 9/21/2023
Get ready to administer SpikeVax XBB.1.5 COVID-19 vaccine
Will be available in a single presentation, allowing adult and pediatric doses to be drawn from the same 2.5 mL vial. - 9/18/2023
Updated Canadian guidelines on pharmacotherapy of stable COPD
Canadian Thoracic Society issues updated recommendations and a revised treatment pathway to optimize maintenance pharmacologic therapy in stable COPD.
