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Cathy Pogson
@cathypogson.bsky.social
Kidney pharmacist @Wessex Kidney Centre, Portsmouth UK. Specialist interest - optimising medication reviews for CKD patients.
@kidneyresearchuk.org are enabling pharmacist-led research. I applied last year www.kidneyresearchuk.org/2025/04/22/p... Supported by @kindaibrahim @rosalynnaustin @jigneshpatel @davidwheeler @ukkidney.org @arcwessex.bsky.social
Protecting people with vulnerable kidneys with medication reviews - Kidney Research UK
Cathy Pogson is looking to develop a medication review system for patients with decreased kidney function who are taking multiple medications
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📣 Pharmacist-led research opportunity Do you have a kidney research idea or project or know a kidney-pharmacist looking for funding? @kidneyresearchuk.org are opening pharmacist-led research grants on Monday 25th May 2025
📣 Pharmacist-led research opportunity Do you have a kidney research idea or project or know a kidney-pharmacist looking for funding? @kidneyresearchuk.org are opening pharmacist-led research grants on Monday 25th May 2025
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Fabulous couple of days @cpcongress.bsky.social presenting my present bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... and future research plans www.kidneyresearchuk.org/2025/04/22/p... & with UK Renal Pharmacy preventing progression to end stage kidney disease @kidneyresearchuk.org @ukkidney.org
🥳 🥳 My research continues ⬇️ ⬇️ www.kidneyresearchuk.org/2025/04/22/p... 📣Thank you @kidneyresearchuk.org @pharmacyresearchuk.org @ukkidney.org
**March 2025 Issue** #EditorsChoice Articles #OpenAccess 📄 : Impact of frailty on mortality and transfer to hemodialysis after peritoneal dialysis initiation 👥:Sophie Gaube et al @ispd1 @pd_perls journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Keep taking the pills? New research looks at how medicine reviews can help people with #dementia @nihrarcs.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @hiowhacademy.bsky.social @pcpa-uk.bsky.social @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social @dementiauk.bsky.social www.arc-wx.nihr.ac.uk/post/depresc...
Deprescribing for dementia
Scientists are calling for ‘deprescribing’ to be integrated into routine medical care for patients with dementia, to reduce risks and cut out unnecessary medication.New research conducted at the Unive...
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De-prescribing for people with #MCI Mild cognitive impairment. The STOP-DEM project produced a toolkit to help www.arc-wx.nihr.ac.uk/research-are... @nihrarcs.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @pcpa-uk.bsky.social @stephenlim.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social @uhsft.bsky.social #polypharmacy
How do GLP-1 drugs affect cognitive and mental health disorders? A comprehensive review www.nature.com/articles/s44...
This study highlighted that anticholinergic and sedative medications to avoid in older people are still frequently prescribed despite the development and regular updating of potentially inappropriate medication criteria agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Assessing the prevalence of anticholinergic and sedative medications to avoid in older adults from the French Health Data System
Background In older people, medications with anticholinergic or sedative properties are associated with falls, frailty, and functional and cognitive impairment. These medications are often described.....
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🎖️Let's celebrate exceptional individuals in kidney-related healthcare during 2025🎖️ We are seeking nominations for these awards: 🎖️King's Honours ow.ly/krrt50UFflM 🌟UKKA Named Lectures ow.ly/BMT450UFf60 🏆UKKA Lifetime Achievement 📧a 100-word statement to ukka@ukkidney.org by 27 January
Thank you for highlighting our research
These tow fabulous people are former ARC Wessex interns and are based at University Hospital Portsmouth - they're a credit to their professions and we are so glad to have been part of their career development @nihrarcs.bsky.social
📣 A new paper: Medication review interventions for adults living with advanced chronic kidney disease; a scoping review ➡️ doi.org/10.1111/bcp.... Identifies a clear gap in the care of people living with chronic kidney illness
BPS Publications
Structured medication reviews (SMRs) were introduced into the National Health Service (NHS) Primary Care to support the delivery of the NHS Long-Term Plan for medicines optimization. SMRs improve the...
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