This article discusses approaches to preserve quality of life for patients with end-stage chronic limb-threatening ischaemia.
Patients can be empowered through understanding chronic kidney disease as not confined to a single organ system but as the antecedent and consequence of several pathophysiological processes.
The Focus articles in this issue explore various aspects of chronic kidney disease, as well as cystitis symptoms in women.
Cancer survivors experience a range of unique biopsychosocial issues, requiring significant and coordinated care to optimise their quality of life.
As cancer shifts towards a chronic disease care model, general practitioners remain essential to the patient journey from first suspicion to survivorship.
Early detection of cancer requires us to maintain both knowledge of insidious warning signs and vigilance in seeking these out.
Coroners’ recommendations may have a greater likelihood of implementation by incorporating a specific role for GPs and RNs.
It is well known that the stressors of medical work can lead to burnout, and general practitioners are not an exception.
Multiple factors related to the immediate, local and broader contexts of care, together with overarching factors, influence its provision.
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a percutaneous procedure that is now the recommended treatment for elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis who are suitable for intervention.
Home visits may change patients’ healthcare resource utilisation, including hospital admission, medications, outpatient and emergency room visits.
Pancreatic cancer has the highest mortality rate among all main cancer types and is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in Australia.
This issue explores ‘old’ infectious diseases (scabies, syphilis), ‘new’ infectious diseases (CJD, COVID-19), and medical advances such as RSV prevention products and point-of-care testing.
Exercise testing and prescription for patients with lung cancer adheres to general principles, along with cancer-specific safety considerations.