General practice connects medicine to the community more than any other medical specialty. It can provide more intelligence about the health of the population than is available from any other...
Headache is a common presenting problem in the primary care setting and this is especially true for the paediatric population. There are variations in incidence but studies have shown a prevalence...
SOHL is an alarming symptom, and potentially a medical emergency, depending on the cause. It is of rapid onset, typically occurring within a few days. There are a number of causes of SOHL, both...
Difficult decision: Office or ambulatory BP measurementAlthough hypertension causes cardiovascular disease, clinic blood pressures poorly predict cardiovascular outcomes for individual patients.1...
Approximately 20% of people over the age of 65 years have symptomatic or asymptomatic PAD.4 The age standardised population prevalence in men aged 65–83 years of PAD in Australia is 15.6%.5 A...
More recently, the concept of presenteeism has been expanded to reflect the behaviour of coming into work when sick, whether or not productivity loss ensues. This behavioural definition is based on...
In the setting of a current reaction, it is important to make a thorough assessment of the nature and severity of the ADR, and where not obvious, refer to available information on the known side...
Chest pain is a common presentation in general practices and emergency departments. The cause of chest pain presentations can vary from benign and self-limiting (eg musculoskeletal, chest wall pain...
The provision of clinical procedural services has been, and remains, an integral part of general practice. In Australia, as in many other countries, general practitioners’ (GPs’) provision of...
The quadrivalent human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine provides protection against HPV types 6 and 11, and 16 and 18. The Australian Government’s offer of free vaccination to women aged 18–26 years...
Snoring and sleepiness are common presentations in general practice.
Tremor is the most common movement disorder in the community and is defined as a rhythmic oscillatory movement of a body part. Classification of tremors is helpful for accurate diagnosis...
Prescription medication borrowing and sharing is a behaviour that has been identified in patients of all ages. This behaviour is recognised by medical researchers and government health...
Balancing medication use in the elderly is a complex task, made more difficult by the physiological changes and increased burden of disease seen with aging.
A list of procedural skills is an important component of a curriculum for general practice vocational training. This study aimed to establish an up-to-date list of core procedural skills...