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Exercise care by general practitioners: Providing sustainable solutions for patients living with chronic disease

Exercise care by general practitioners: Providing sustainable solutions for patients living with chronic disease

22/02/2024

This paper provides an overview of exercise care in general practice to support sustained solutions for patients living with chronic disease.


Children and exercise

Children and exercise

22/02/2024

This paper aims to provide GPs with the tools to perform a basic exercise assessment with children and adolescents and an understanding of the core principles of exercise prescription.


Foot pain from exercise: Diagnosis and treatment

Foot pain from exercise: Diagnosis and treatment

22/02/2024

This article discusses three common presentations of foot pain following exercise: stress fractures, plantar fasciitis and arthritis.


Assessment and management of sport-related concussion in general practice

Assessment and management of sport-related concussion in general practice

22/02/2024

This article focuses on the assessment and management of sport-related concussion in general practice, including guidance for returning patients to sport.


The resurgence of syphilis in Australia

The resurgence of syphilis in Australia

22/02/2024

This article aims to describe recent epidemiological trends of syphilis infection in Australia, including demographics in which infection rates are rising, such as women of reproductive age.


Endometriosis: A review of recent evidence and guidelines

Endometriosis: A review of recent evidence and guidelines

19/01/2024

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory condition defined as endometrial-like tissue proliferating outside the uterus. This paper summarises recommendations for diagnosing and managing endometriosis.


Dysmenorrhea: An update on primary healthcare management

Dysmenorrhea: An update on primary healthcare management

19/01/2024

Dysmenorrhoea is the most common gynaecologic condition affecting people assigned female at birth. This article discusses the management of dysmenorrhoea in a primary care setting.


Chronic pelvic pain with normal laparoscopic findings

Chronic pelvic pain with normal laparoscopic findings

19/01/2024

This article outlines an approach for understanding, explaining and managing chronic pelvic pain in women with a normal laparoscopy.


Anal fissures: An update on treatment options

Anal fissures: An update on treatment options

19/01/2024

Anal fissure is the second most common anorectal complaint in healthcare settings. This article reviews pathophysiology, clinical presentation and management of anal fissures under current guidelines.


Clinical assessment and management of vaginismus

Clinical assessment and management of vaginismus

19/01/2024

This article summarises the aetiology and contributing factors of vaginismus, how a diagnosis can be made, the implications of vaginismus for primary care clinical practice and treatment options.


Children: Custody, competence and consent – Managing parental disagreement

Children: Custody, competence and consent – Managing parental disagreement

21/11/2023

GPs can provide factual information about the risks and benefits of treatment in order to assist this process, but are advised to avoid taking sides.


Healthcare, mandatory reporting and medical students

Healthcare, mandatory reporting and medical students

21/11/2023

Treating GPs have an obligation to report impaired medical student patients if the GP forms a reasonable belief that the medical student patient has put the public at substantial risk of harm.


Approach to red, scaly eruptions in the older patient

Approach to red, scaly eruptions in the older patient

21/11/2023

This article discusses the assessment of acute- to subacute-onset erythematous and scaly plaques that are present on multiple body sites in a patient aged >65 years.


A few stubborn ‘pimples’ on the forehead of a boy, aged 10 years

A few stubborn ‘pimples’ on the forehead of a boy, aged 10 years

21/11/2023

Steroid acne may appear in areas of topical steroid application or on patients taking systemic steroids. Treatment should include discontinuation of steroid medication until lesions have resolved.


Acute cervical spine pain in primary care

Acute cervical spine pain in primary care

27/10/2023

This article describes an approach to the assessment and management of the common presentations of acute cervical spine pain.

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