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NZ GP Research Review Issue 259

NZ GP Research Review Issue 259

In this issue:

– Prescription of ondansetron at ED discharge for paediatric gastroenteritis

– Albuterol-budesonide in uncontrolled mild asthma

– Estimates of life expectancy according to classic risk factors

– An exercise programme after adjuvant chemotherapy in colon cancer

– AI to interpret echocardiograms

– UK self-test devices for health conditions

– Early vs. later DOAC initiation after ischaemic stroke and atrial fibrillation

– Methotrexate in knee osteoarthritis

– Metabolic outcomes with intermittent fasting

– A Chinese herbal medicine for sexual dysfunction in male late-onset hypogonadism

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Associate Professor Jim Reid

Jim Reid graduated in medicine at the University of Otago Medical School. He previously trained as a pharmacist. After finishing medicine, he undertook postgraduate work as a Teaching Fellow at the University of Miami in the USA. Back in NZ he headed the Dept of General Practice and Rural Heath at the Dunedin School of […]

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Dr Tofield complete his medical training at St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London Hospital in London. He has extensive experience in General Practice, spent several years in clinical research, has published several medical papers, and practices skin cancer medicine and surgery. Chris also has a background in medical writing and editing and while at medical […]

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