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We kick off 2012 with a wide range of new materials for your Learning & development. But before diving in, there is also a chance to catch up with practice developments you might have missed last year, with our clinical review article.
Our CPD topic for this month is common causes of foot pain and these (from A to Z) are presented in two instalments: the first covers conditions from Achilles tendonitis to burning feet and the second covers conditions from corns and calluses to verrucas.
Whether cold and flu products should be taken while breastfeeding and the use of compression dressings for leg ulcers are explored in “Questions from practice” and a Prescribing & medicines management article deals with helping parents and children gain control in anaphylaxis.*
We also launch a new series to support you with counselling patients prescribed new medicines (“Let’s recap”, starting with ACE inhibitors), take a look at linagliptin (a new DPP-4 inhibitor that is an option for patients with diabetes and renal or liver impairment) and present a case study from the BNF on acid rebound hypersecretion after stopping proton pump inhibitors.
* The previously billed Prescribing & medicines management article dealing with what medicines should be stopped before surgery will be available in February.
