Inappropriate Ed Attendances in Northern Ireland: a Review of Attendances in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
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The Ulster Medical Society grants to all users on the basis of a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence the right to alter or build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creation is licensed under identical terms. 4. Derouin F, Bultel C, Roze S. AFSSA (Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments). Toxoplasmose: état des connaissances et évaluation du risque lié à l'alimentation. Rapport du groupe de travail " Toxoplasma gondii " de l'AFSSA. Nancy, France: Bialec. In May 2014, the RCP National Review of asthma deaths was published, entitled " Why asthma still kills " ¹. The report reviewed asthma deaths in the four UK countries over a 12 month period. One recommendation was that all asthma patients who have been prescribed more than 12 short acting beta agonist (SABA) reliever inhalers in the previous 12 months should be invited for urgent review of their asthma control². Following on from this report, I conducted an audit of SABA overuse in asthmatics in a GP practice in West Belfast during my FY2 rotation. Method: An EMIS search was conducted of asthma patients who had been prescribed 12 or more salbutamol inhalers from January 2014-2015. Patients were contacted by telephone or sent a letter to invite them to attend for review of their asthma-starting with those issued the highest quantity of SABA inhalers. They were reviewed by FY2, practice pharmacist and two practice nurses.
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