Comorbidities, multimorbidity and frailty are increasingly becoming a major focus of care as a result of the ageing population of people with human immunodeficiency virus.
General practitioners are an integral part of the multidisciplinary team to help manage pelvic girdle pain.
In the absence of organic aetiology, childhood constipation is almost always functional and is often due to painful bowel movements that prompt the child to withhold stool.
Complex spinal pain interdisciplinary assessment in a primary care setting shows reasonable long-term outcomes comparable to more intensive interventions.
This research paper evaluates the HeartConnect model of care, which aims for greater collaboration between general practitioners and cardiologists.
This paper considers common mechanisms underpinning chronic conditions and how these mechanisms might be targeted therapeutically in primary care.
This discussion emphasises the importance of accurately describing the nature of chest discomfort and using appropriate terminology to facilitate an appropriate diagnostic work-up.
Refugee women exhibit some of the highest rates of chronic pain, but the relationship between chronic pain and refugee-related challenges arising from migration trajectories remains unclear.
Chronic non-cancer pain management illustrates the case for reconceptualising chronic condition management using a generic lifestyle-based approach.
If a benefit of oral corticosteroids is not proven, then physicians currently prescribing it need to be advised of this finding.
Neck pain is a leading cause of disability in adults, reported in up to 20% of adults.
Patients with symptoms of possible acute coronary syndrome require careful risk stratification usually requiring urgent referral to hospital.
Beliefs about the usefulness of initiatives to reduce opioid prescribing in clinical practice and autonomy in prescribing may be important considerations in driving compliance.
This study compares virtual reality against standard care for children undergoing routine four-year-old immunisations.
It is estimated that 600,000 Australians currently self-medicate with cannabis, with chronic pain a leading indication for such use.