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This issue explores the identification and management of common neurological conditions in primary care, highlighting key challenges, and providing diagnostic strategies and updates on management.
Clinical
This paper aims to assist GPs who wish to collaborate with their patient with probable Parkinson’s disease to improve access to appropriate medication.
This article provides primary care providers with an overview of causes, diagnosis and primary management of patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss.
This paper aims to discuss the clinical spectrum of ‘cauda equina syndrome’ and relate the signs and symptoms to their underlying anatomical basis.
Case study
A case presentation of a two-week history of binocular horizontal diplopia to an ophthalmology outpatient clinic.
A functional gait disorder is a clinical diagnosis based upon the presence of positive physical examination findings, including the presence of variability or inconsistency.
Clinical challenge
These questions are based on the Focus articles in this issue.
Editorial
This Focus issue of AJGP explores some of the challenges associated with neurological conditions.
Letters
Readers express their opinions on published articles and topics of interest.
The aim of this article is to support GPs and their patients with chronic pain who have been prescribed long-term opioids.
Research
This study aimed to quantify uptake of the temporary Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) smoking cessation services from July 2021 to December 2023.
The aim of this study is to understand women’s experiences of medical follow-up care and support in Australia after preeclampsia.
Relatively little is known about public understanding of the secondary use of general practice data. This study investigated what the Australian public knows.
This study aimed to understand healthcare practitioners’ decisions, and factors related to, the provision (or not) to allow all women and people with a cervix the choice of a self-collected sample.
This review aims to evaluate the most recent evidence on the benefit of using glucocorticoids in the treatment of uncomplicated acute urticaria.
Viewpoint
Social prescribing is gaining momentum in Australia as a solution to integrate health and social care in general practice.
Diabetes Australia and the Australian Diabetes Society are key advocates in the community and primary care to drive awareness and early diagnosis of youth living with type 2 diabetes.
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.