Are benzodiazepines overused and abused?

When the words 'handover' and 'prioritise' are overused.

We often hear about jobs being inappropriately dumped over from secondary to primary care.1,2 There are suggestions on how GPs can fight back, such as refusing to make referrals on behalf of hospital consultants.3 However, as a counterargument, hospital doctors can claim they must ‘prioritise’ the serious cases in secondary care, and, thus, have to ‘hand over’ these administrative duties to GPs...

"Overuse"--an overused term?

Are abused babies protected from further abuse?

A cohort of 69 physically abused babies under 1 year was followed for three years after the incident. Of the 49 babies who returned home following child protection investigations, 15 were further abused in the three year period, a re-abuse rate of 31%, which is grossly higher than the abuse rate in the general population.

Sedation by non-anesthesiologists: are opioids and benzodiazepines outdated?

At least 3 systematic reviews have assessed the safety of propofol versus traditional agents used for sedation in gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures. These reviews uncovered a marked variability in study design and found the quality of the included randomized controlled trials to be poor. To date there is no demonstrated difference in the endoscopic safety or efficacy of propofol sedation c...

Are staging investigations being overused in patients with low and ... - PubMed - NCBI

Abstract According to international best practice guidelines, staging abdominal and pelvic computed tomography (CTAP) and whole body bone scan (WBBS) are not recommended for asymptomatic low and intermediate-risk prostate cancer. Despite this, many patients undergo these investigations. Our aim was to determine the rate and cost of scans being performed for this group of patients. We utilised a...