Stacey Cox

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Implementing patient safety in practice

The NHS advocates the use of ‘safety huddles’ to support effective communication at key points in the care of individuals, to improve safety. A safety huddle is a short multidisciplinary briefing,...

Managing passive regurgitation in patients under general anaesthesia

In orthopaedic practice, an increase in incidence of gastro-oesophageal reflux reported in patients undergoing surgery has been recognised. Possible causes include longer anaesthesia duration, patient...

A holistic approach to creating a nutrition plan for hospitalised inpatients

Good nutritional support of hospitalised dogs and cats improves recovery from illness, reduces mortality and improves responses to trauma and stress (Chan, 2004). The purpose of providing nutritional...

Book Reviews

Do I call the vet? and what to do in the meantime is written by Dr Richard Chapman BVSc. The slim book/manual was written in response to requests from the author's clients to produce the manual which...