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1 online resource (434 pages) |
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Intro; Symptoms in the Pharmacy; Contents; Preface; Introduction: How to Use This Book; Working in partnership with patients; How to make a consultation more successful from the patients perspective: tips from lay people; Responding to a request for a named product; A suggested sequence in response to a request for a named product; Responding to a request for help with symptoms; Information gathering; Decision making; Treatment; Developing your consultation skills; Structuring the consultation; Decision making: risk assessment; Accidents and injuries; Privacy in the pharmacy |
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Patient group directions and symptoms in the pharmacyWorking in partnership with family doctors and nurse colleagues in primary care; About the Companion Website; 1 Respiratory Problems; Colds and flu; What you need to know; Significance of questions and answers; Age; Duration; Symptoms; Previous history; Present medication; When to refer; Colds and flu: Hygiene advice; Treatment timescale; Management; Decongestants; Antihistamines (see also Allergic rhinitis (hay fever): Management, later in this chapter); Zinc; Echinacea; Vitamin C; Cough remedies; Analgesics; Products for sore throats |
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Practical pointsFlu pandemic; Antivirals and seasonal flu; Surgical face masks; Antibiotics; Colds and flu in practice; Case 1; Case 2; Cough; What you need to know; Significance of questions and answers; Age; Duration; Nature of cough; Associated symptoms; Previous history; Smoking habit; Present medication; When to refer; Treatment timescale; Management; Cough suppressants; Expectorants; Cough remedies: Other constituents; Practical points; Coughs in practice; Case 1; Case 2; Sore throat; What you need to know; Significance of questions and answers; Age; Duration; Severity |
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Associated symptomsPrevious history; Smoking habit; Present medication; Symptoms for direct referral; Hoarseness; Dysphagia; Appearance of throat; Glandular fever (infectious mononucleosis); When to refer; Use of clinical scoring systems; Treatment timescale; Management; Oral analgesics; Mouthwashes and sprays; Practical points; Sore throats in practice; Case 1; Case 2; Case 3; Allergic rhinitis (hay fever); What you need to know; Significance of questions and answers; Age; Duration; Symptoms; Previous history; Danger symptoms/associated conditions; Medication; When to refer |
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Treatment timescaleManagement; Antihistamines; Decongestants; Steroid nasal sprays; Sodium cromoglicate; Topical antihistamines; Further advice; Hay fever in practice; Case 1; Case 2; Respiratory symptoms for direct referral; Chest pain; Respiratory causes; Non-respiratory causes; Shortness of breath; Respiratory causes; Cardiac causes; Other causes; Wheezing; Viral-induced wheeze in children; Asthma; Cardiac; Sputum; COPD; Pneumonia; Cardiac; Haemoptysis; 2 Gastrointestinal Tract Problems; Mouth ulcers; What you need to know; Significance of questions and answers; Age; Nature of the ulcers |
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Pharmaceutical services -- Evaluation
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Pharmaceutical services -- Evaluation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Duerden, Martin
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Blenkinsopp, John
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| ISBN |
9781119317975 |
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1119317975 |
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