How can nurses be better mental health advocates for their patients and colleagues during the pandemic? 2020 was designated by the World Health Organisation as the inaugural International Year of the Nurse and Midwife. The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical role nurses play in caring for the mental health of their patients and communities. This article […]
Impact on mental health – From celebratory ‘Year of the Nurse’ to COVID-19 in 2020
Advice for patients taking ACE inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers and coronavirus infection
It has been suggested Hypertension (high blood pressure) may be associated with increased risk of death in hospitalised Coronavirus infected subjects. On non-medical social media sites and some newspapers it has been suggested that commonly used drugs ACEi (ending in ‘pril” e.g. ramipril, lisinopril, perindopril) and ARBs (ending in ‘sartan’ e.g. losartan, candesartan, valsartan) may […]