Australian Journal of General Practice
Hair loss in children aged 12 years and younger is most often due to a benign or self-limiting condition.
The safe and timely removal of foreign bodies ensures good patient outcomes and limits complications.
This article reviews best practice medication management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in residential aged care facilities and highlights practical details for clinicians providing care for residents.
MND is a group of neurodegenerative disorders best managed using a multidisciplinary approach, with the general practitioner as an integral part of the team.
General practitioners have a key role in coordinating the care of patients with incisional hernia, in terms of detection, referral and optimisation of contributory comorbidities.
Despite international consensus regarding the judicious use of diagnostic spinal imaging, patients continue to be over-referred.
Assessment and surveillance for developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) in the general practice setting may help to reverse a trend of increasing late-diagnosed DDH cases in Australia.
Botulinum neurotoxin is an effective treatment for various movement disorders that are disabling and frequently under-recognised.
Medications may be used in conjunction with non-pharmacological treatments to manage cognition, function and behaviour in people with Alzheimer’s disease.
The demographic transition in the general practice patient population necessitates that general practitioners take a bigger role in diagnosing dementia.
With the advent of new treatments, the outcomes of myeloma have changed drastically in the past decade.
GPs have an integral role in the journey of patients with this surgically treated condition.
Nocturia is associated with significant morbidity and is likely to be a marker of poor health.
Female pattern hair loss can affect women of all ages with significant morbidity and may be the first sign of an underlying systemic condition.
Benign prostatic hyperplasia, the most common benign tumour in men, is generally initially assessed and managed by a general practitioner in the primary healthcare setting.