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Concussion (a mild traumatic brain injury) is a common injury causing functional disturbance in the brain. This issue presents up-to-date management of acute and post-acute symptoms of concussion.
Clinical
The aim of this article is to provide GPs with contemporary recommendations on paediatric concussion diagnosis and management in the acute and subacute phases.
This article provides an evidence-based clinical approach to supporting return to learning and return to work in patients with persistent post-concussion symptoms.
The aim of this article is to review the characteristics of people with concussion who may need multidisciplinary concussion care and current service models.
This article outlines key updates and practical guidance for assessment and management of mild traumatic brain injury/concussion.
This paper aims to provide clinically relevant, evidence-based advice for GPs who are treating patients with post-concussion symptoms.
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These questions are based on the Focus articles in this issue.
Editorial
This focus issue highlights timely and multidisciplinary concussion care for adults and children, with contemporary practical resources for GPs and lay people.
Trauma-informed care provides a framework for us to support our patients, our communities and ourselves.
Letters
Readers express their opinions on published articles and topics of interest.
The aim of this article is to help GPs make sense of this new type of treatment by discussing the Australian context, with focus on what a GP can expect for their patient and the GP’s potential role.
This article reviews recent key research to assist naltrexone prescribing, including prescribing for patients with liver disease.
Case study
A case presentation of a solitary, dome-shaped lesion on a patient’s left forearm.
Research
This study examined Western Australian GP follow-up processes of patients returning positive immunochemical faecal occult blood tests through the Australian National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.
This study explores GPs’ perspectives on the first year of voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in Queensland and any factors that influence choices on whether to participate in VAD.
Professional
This article provides an overview of the GP’s expanding role in genomic medicine, some tools to assist GPs to navigate this landscape, and barriers to genomic uptake.
Beyond the clinic door
Exploring our lives, as GPs, outside the clinic.
Book review
Readers express their thoughts on books they have reviewed for AJGP.
Column
Correction to a published article.