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Private hospitals, Hyperbaric medicine, Sick day rules to reduce kidney damage, Warfarin

Oct 21, 201428 min
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As more NHS operations are done in the private sector, how much do we know about patient safety in private hospitals? Kits to self-monitor warfarin have been recommended by NICE, so why is the uptake so poor? Hyperbaric medicine - using high doses of oxygen to accelerate healing; And sick day rules - the medicines you should stop taking while you are unwell to reduce kidney damage.

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