A man aged 29 years presented to a general practitioner with mild central chest pain and non-bloody diarrhoea.
A Caucasian female, aged 40 years, previously healthy, presented with an eight-week history of a pruritic erythematous skin lesion affecting the inframammary creases.
The study demonstrates the strong correlation between the Flinders University Rural Clinical School Program in South Australia and long-term rural medical workforce outcomes.
Beliefs about the usefulness of initiatives to reduce opioid prescribing in clinical practice and autonomy in prescribing may be important considerations in driving compliance.
The isolation period affects individuals’ physical activity levels, with results indicating minimal activity levels in the general population.
This issue focuses on rheumatology and includes articles on acute rheumatic fever, rheumatoid arthritis and the role of exercise in management of rheumatological disease.
Successful implementation of evidence-based medicine requires framing within the cultural and structural barriers Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience.
Readers express their opinions on published articles and topics of interest.
Primary prevention is the prompt antibiotic treatment of Strep A infection, and it can reduce the risk of developing acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.
International rheumatology bodies now recommend multiple forms of exercise as part of the management of both osteoarthritis and the more classically inflammatory rheumatic disorders.
Results from this study suggest that general practitioner management actions align with current national guidelines and, in the main, do not differ by rurality.
A man aged 23 years presented to a new general practitioner requesting treatment for gout.
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.
This clinical challenge is based on this month’s Focus articles. To complete this activity, go to the RACGP website.
The content helps guide the reader across the landscape of Europe, from one important location to the next, describing the context and importance for each site.