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The disappearance of the "revolving door" patient in Scottish general practice: successful policies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
<b>Background</b> We describe the health of "revolving door" patients in general practice in Scotland, estimate changes in their number over the timescale of the study, and explore reasons for changes, particularly related to NHS and ...
Andrea E Williamson   +12 more
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What to Do When Medical Evidence Can Only Be Generated Through Routine Data: An Example From Pediatric Oncology

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation often receive off‐label rituximab treatment for Epstein–Barr virus reactivation, using adult dosing without pediatric evidence. This project aims to develop a clinical decision support tool (CDSS) that provides evidence‐based dosing scenarios by analyzing real‐world patient data.
Birgit Burkhardt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Increasing the chance of dying at home: roles, tasks and approaches of general practitioners enabling palliative care: a systematic review of qualitative literature

open access: yesBMC Primary Care, 2023
Background Many elderly people wish to die at home but end up dying at the hospital. If the patient wishes to die at home, palliative care provided by General Practitioners (GPs) may increase the chance of dying at home, however, there is a lack of ...
Shangavi Balasundram   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rhinitis in general practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
A 3 year old boy presented with a 3 week history of nasal obstruction, clear rhinorrhea, difficulty with feeding and a productive cough. Child was afebrile, had occasional watery itchy eyes and mother claimed that at night he tended to wake up a couple ...
drkvassallo@yahoo.co.uk   +1 more
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Lifestyle Behaviors and Cardiotoxic Treatment Risks in Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Higher doses of anthracyclines and heart‐relevant radiotherapy increase cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. This study assessed CVD and CVD risk factors among adult childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) across cardiotoxic treatment risk groups and examined associations between lifestyle behaviors and treatment risks.
Ruijie Li   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Changes in Body Composition in Children and Young People Undergoing Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ongoing evidence indicates increased risk of sarcopenic obesity among children and young people (CYP) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), often beginning early in treatment, persisting into survivorship. This review evaluates current literature on body composition in CYP with ALL during and after treatment.
Lina A. Zahed   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of a performance measurement system for general practitioners’ office in China’s primary healthcare

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background General practitioners are the main providers of primary care services. To better strengthen the important role of general practitioners in primary healthcare services, China is promoting the general practitioners’ office system.
Wenjie Ruan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and consequences of patient safety incidents in general practice in the Netherlands: a retrospective medical record review study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
BACKGROUND Patient safety can be at stake in both hospital and general practice settings. While severe patient safety incidents have been described, quantitative studies in large samples of patients in general practice are rare.
Gaal, Sander   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Management in General Practice - 3: A slelection of articles [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
A selection of articles published in the medical journal Pulse in ...
Burns, Paul, Harrison, Jean
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