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Evaluating a clinical tool (FAMCAT) for identifying familial hypercholesterolaemia in primary care: a retrospective cohort study

BJGP Open, 2020
Background: Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is an inherited lipid disorder causing premature heart disease, which is severely underdiagnosed. Improving the identification of people with FH in primary care settings would help to reduce avoidable heart
Ralph K Akyea, Nadeem Qureshi, Joe Kai, Simon de Lusignan, Julian Sherlock, Christopher McGee, Stephen Weng   +6 more
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Identifying critical inhalation technique errors in Dry Powder Inhaler use in patients with COPD based on the association with health status and exacerbations: findings from the multi-country cross-sectional observational PIFotal study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2023
Background Correct inhaler use depends on a complex interplay of factors, including device preparation and generating sufficient inspiratory flow. It is currently unknown which inhalation technique errors can be considered critical in Chronic Obstructive
Janwillem Kocks, Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich, Joyce van Cooten, Jaime Correia de Sousa, Biljana Cvetkovski, Richard Dekhuijzen, Lars Dijk, Marina Garcia Pardo, Asparuh Gardev, Radosław Gawlik, Iris van der Ham, Ymke Janse, Federico Lavorini, Tiago Maricoto, Jiska Meijer, Boyd Metz, David Price, Miguel Roman Rodriguez, Kirsten Schuttel, Nilouq Stoker, Ioanna Tsiligianni, Omar Usmani, Jaco Voorham, Marika T. Leving   +23 more
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Clinical recommendations for dry powder inhaler use in the management of COPD in primary care

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 2022
Over 1400 patients using dry powder inhalers (DPIs) to deliver COPD maintenance therapies were recruited across Europe and Australia. Their peak inspiratory flow (PIF) was measured, inhaler technique was observed, and adherence to treatment assessed ...
Marika T. Leving, Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich, Joyce van Cooten, Jaime Correia de Sousa, Biljana Cvetkovski, Richard Dekhuijzen, Lars Dijk, Marina Garcia Pardo, Asparuh Gardev, Radosław Gawlik, Iris van der Ham, Ymke Janse, Federico Lavorini, Tiago Maricoto, Jiska Meijer, Boyd Metz, David Price, Miguel Roman-Rodriguez, Kirsten Schuttel, Nilouq Stoker, Ioanna Tsiligianni, Omar Usmani, Rachel Emerson-Stadler, Janwillem W. H. Kocks   +23 more
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Book review: Labours of Love: The Crisis of Care by Madeleine Bunting

Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2021
Journalist and broadcaster Madeleine Bunting spent five years researching what she calls a 'quiet crisis buried in individual lives' (p.5). The book's page proofs arrived with the author just after the UK had gone into lockdown because of the COVID-19 ...
Graham Connelly
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Targeting exertional breathlessness to improve physical activity: the role of primary care

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 2021
Primary care physicians (PCPs) play a crucial role in the diagnosis and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). By working together with patients to target exertional breathlessness and increase physical activity, PCPs have an ...
Miguel Román-Rodríguez, Janwillem W. H. Kocks   +1 more
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A Nurse Practitioner and Primary Care [PDF]

North Carolina Medical Journal, 2002
As a nurse practitioner employed by a community health care center, I find that I am able to practice primary care the way I imagined I might when I was a student. The characteristics and needs of the particular population I serve have given me ample opportunities.
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GPs at the Edge: GATE, a qualitative investigation into the experience of delivering care in Irish Rural General Practice

Rural and Remote Health, 2023
Introduction: Over a third of Irish people live rurally. However, only a fifth of Irish general practices are located in rural communities and longstanding issues such as distance to other health services, professional isolation, and recruitment and ...
Robyn Homeniuk, Mike O'Callaghan, Monica Casey, Liam Glynn   +3 more
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart failure: research and clinical practice in primary care

Italian Journal of Medicine, 2015
The treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and comorbidities, increasing with age, is the challenge that nowadays health care systems are facing to better care treat these patients. For this reason a clinical trial was conducted in the
Francesco Chiumeo, Stefania Folloni
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Book review: The Children of Looked After Children: Outcomes, Experiences and Ensuring Meaningful Support to Young Parents In and Leaving Care by Louise Roberts

Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2022
Published in March 2021, The Children of Looked After Children draws together findings from a four and a half year research study looking at parents in and leaving care in Wales. Funded by Health and Care Research Wales, the research was undertaken by Dr
Emma Young
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Practising person-centred care. Selected abstracts from the virtual 26th WONCA Europe conference, 6–10 July 2021

European Journal of General Practice, 2021
Background From 6 to 10 July 2021, WONCA Europe and the Dutch College of General Practitioners as host organiser welcomed 1,266 family physicians/general practitioners, teachers, researchers, and students from 66 countries interested in sharing knowledge,
Jako S. Burgers, Bert Aertgeerts, Marjolein Y. Berger   +2 more
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