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.
This article aims to improve general practitioners’ knowledge of a specific group of exercise-related conditions that occur in the shin region.
The primary care physician plays a pivotal part in the identification and management of idiopathic frozen shoulder, with the vast majority of patients responding to conservative management.
Cancer pain is one of the most common and problematic symptoms faced in palliative care.
The majority of referrals to a regional outpatient nephrology service contained insufficient detail to meet Australian guidelines.
This article aims to provide evidence-based information to GPs, aiding the decision to initiate sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors for chronic kidney disease patients.
These presentations provide fertile ground for educating patients about infections, self-management options, dealing with uncertainty and responsible use of medicines.
Challenges that multiple sclerosis presents include early detection, awareness of new therapies, work with multidisciplinary teams and its long-term management as a chronic disease.
Medication cessation or dose reduction may be required for patients with chronic kidney disease to prevent medication accumulation, adverse medication events and kidney injury.
Patients with advanced age, significant comorbidities and poor functional status may not gain a survival benefit with dialysis when compared with being managed conservatively.
Pretreatment assessment and correction of serum calcium and vitamin D levels can reduce the risk of denosumab-related hypocalcaemia in chronic kidney disease.
General practitioners should be aware that physical activity might exacerbate symptoms of diabetic peripheral neuropathy when encouraging their patients to be active.
This article discusses three common presentations of foot pain following exercise: stress fractures, plantar fasciitis and arthritis.