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This issue considers a range of topics around the broad theme of cancer and chronic disease, relevant to general practice.
Clinical
This paper describes a clinical approach to chronic respiratory disorders for clinicians working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, particularly in the remote Australian context.
This article aims to provide the general practitioner with a practical guide and an up-to-date evidence-based review on how to manage the head and neck cancer survivor.
This article aims to provide evidence-based information to GPs, aiding the decision to initiate sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors for chronic kidney disease patients.
Professional
Evidence-informed guideline recommendations on risk treatment thresholds for initiating blood pressure- and lipid-lowering therapy for cardiovascular disease primary prevention is presented.
Viewpoint
A philosophical approach to managing mental illness is not a substitute for medication, but it is a tool that augments the overall management of a patient with a mental health illness.
The aim of this article is to provide GPs with a review of the current literature, summarise a diagnostic pathway and propose a treatment algorithm for median arcuate ligament syndrome.
This article assists physicians through the work-up and management of dysphagia.
This article describes the pathophysiology of pelvic congestion syndrome and outlines the symptomatology, the most efficient diagnostic pathway and the optimal treatment methods.
This article presents a clinically useful guide for GPs to support the primary management of chemical-related eye injuries, particularly in rural and regional settings.
This article describes a systematic approach to the assessment of otorrhoea, outlines common causes and their first principles of management in the primary care setting.
This article aims to provide GPs with a practical approach to diagnosing and managing hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, including postpartum monitoring and ongoing cardiovascular risk surveillance.
This article aims to explore and address the treatment options that primary care practitioners can offer for melasma.
The purpose of this paper is to equip GPs with a framework for the identification, diagnosis and management of different types of tremors.
Case Study
Presentation of a case of pruritic erythematous papule on the anterior aspect of the right forearm with a central haemorrhagic punctum.
Research
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the pandemic on melanoma diagnosis and management in New South Wales, Australia.
This study investigates the facilitators and barriers to offering reproductive genetic carrier screening in general practice.
The aim of this study was to explore burnout, self-care and retention in general practice supervision in Australia.
This study implemented and evaluated a digital familial hypercholesterolaemia self-screening questionnaire administered in general practice.
We should support and promote, rather than protect our learners from, nearer-peer teaching in general practice.
The new MBS program funding through items 73451 and 73452 is at grave risk of being underutilised or, worse yet, misunderstood despite its best intentions.