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Pelvic girdle pain in pregnancy

Pelvic girdle pain in pregnancy

27/06/2018

General practitioners are an integral part of the multidisciplinary team to help manage pelvic girdle pain.


Links between perceived general practitioner support and the wellbeing of Australian patients with persistent pain

Links between perceived general practitioner support and the wellbeing of Australian patients with persistent pain

23/03/2020

Psychological support provided by GPs is an important factor for the maintenance of a positive sense of wellbeing for patients with persistent pain.


Non-radicular low back pain: Assessment and evidence-based treatment

Non-radicular low back pain: Assessment and evidence-based treatment

05/11/2020

Treatment of central low back pain is difficult given the numerous treatment options available.


Palliative care for the patient without cancer

Palliative care for the patient without cancer

30/10/2018

The symptom burden and care needs for patients with end-stage, non-malignant illnesses are similar to those of patients with advanced cancer.


Managing long-term high-dose prescription opioids in patients with non-cancer pain: The potential role of sublingual buprenorphine

Managing long-term high-dose prescription opioids in patients with non-cancer pain: The potential role of sublingual buprenorphine

29/05/2020

Buprenorphine–naloxone is well tolerated by patients with chronic pain, and has the potential to improve pain scores and affective symptoms.


Idiopathic frozen shoulder

Idiopathic frozen shoulder

24/10/2019

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.


Principles of cancer pain management: An overview and focus on pharmacological and interventional strategies

Principles of cancer pain management: An overview and focus on pharmacological and interventional strategies

30/10/2018

Cancer pain is one of the most common and problematic symptoms faced in palliative care.


Common challenges in managing neck and upper limb pain in office workers

Common challenges in managing neck and upper limb pain in office workers

24/10/2019

Many challenges exist in providing best-evidence treatments that promote an active approach facilitating self-efficacy and physical activity, and align with a contemporary understanding of pain.


Management of human immunodeficiency virus in older people

Management of human immunodeficiency virus in older people

27/06/2019

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.


Paediatric constipation: An approach and evidence-based treatment regimen

Paediatric constipation: An approach and evidence-based treatment regimen

01/05/2018

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.


Temporomandibular dysfunction

Temporomandibular dysfunction

22/03/2018

Temporomandibular dysfunction represents a major cause of orofacial pain. The focus of this article is to provide an overview of this disorder and management considerations in general practice.


Interdisciplinary spinal pain clinics in primary care: Outcomes from one service

Interdisciplinary spinal pain clinics in primary care: Outcomes from one service

29/04/2019

Complex spinal pain interdisciplinary assessment in a primary care setting shows reasonable long-term outcomes comparable to more intensive interventions.


Chronic pain: Overlap and specificity in multimorbidity management

Chronic pain: Overlap and specificity in multimorbidity management

26/09/2019

Chronic non-cancer pain management illustrates the case for reconceptualising chronic condition management using a generic lifestyle-based approach.


Oral corticosteroids for painful acute otitis externa (swimmer’s ear): A triple-blind randomised controlled trial

Oral corticosteroids for painful acute otitis externa (swimmer’s ear): A triple-blind randomised controlled trial

24/07/2019

If a benefit of oral corticosteroids is not proven, then physicians currently prescribing it need to be advised of this finding.


Neck pain: What if it is not musculoskeletal?

Neck pain: What if it is not musculoskeletal?

01/05/2018

Neck pain is a leading cause of disability in adults, reported in up to 20% of adults.

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