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The general practitioners' view [PDF]

Occupational Medicine, 1999
General practitioners have patients on their lists who work in a variety of occupations, but the doctor is most unlikely to have had any training in occupational medicine. As a result, occupational causes for illness are rarely considered by GPs. Little contact occurs between occupational health physicians and GPs leading to a lack of understanding of ...
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Exercise care by general practitioners: Providing sustainable solutions for patients living with chronic disease [PDF]

BACKGROUND: Most Australian adults are insufficiently physically active, creating an economic and moral imperative to support exercise care in general practice.
Keating, SE, Brown, RCC, Ball, L, Sullivan, V   +3 more
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The candidate perspective of the clinical competency test (CCT) of the MICGP examination: a mixed-methods study

BJGP Open, 2018
Background: The clinical competency test (CCT) was introduced by the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) in 2015. Similar to the clinical skills assessment (CSA) of the Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners exam (MRCGP), the ...
Tony Foley, Kathleen McLoughlin, Elaine K Walsh, Paul Leggett, Muríosa O'Reilly, Molly Owens, Aisling A Jennings   +6 more
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Promoting physical health among people with enduring mental illness: a qualitative study of healthcare providers’ perspectives

BMJ Open, 2021
Background People with enduring mental illness (EMI) have higher morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases than the general population, and this results in a significantly reduced relative life expectancy—accounted for primarily by physical illness ...
James Larkin, Brian Osborne, Claire Collins, Pearse Finegan, Marie O'Shea, Ivana Pericin   +5 more
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Health status in patients with limited health literacy; development and validity of the Clinical COPD Questionnaire graphic (CCQg)

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine
Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) often experience limited health literacy, hampering health status assessment via standard questionnaires like the Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ).
Erlijn Tiel Groenestege, Bea Sloothaak, Iris van Geer-Postmus, Aimée van de Maat, Ellen van Heijst, Natascha Huijser van Reenen, Kaying Kan, Marjan Kerkhof, Cindy Lentjes, Thys van der Molen, Maret Zonneveld, Johannes in ’t Veen, Janwillem Kocks   +12 more
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Management of dental trauma by general practitioners [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Patients who sustain dental trauma commonly present to their general practitioner (GP) or the emergency department, especial-ly to seek help after hours. It is important, therefore, for medical practitioners to correctly diagnose and manage
Beech, Nicholas, Tan-Gore, Eileen, Bohreh, Karrar   +2 more
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Effects of inadequate hospital clinical handover on metropolitan general practitioners in Queensland: A qualitative study [PDF]

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Transition from hospital to community care is well established as a high-risk time for patients. Inadequate clinical handover to general practice puts patients at risk of medical error, adverse events and rehospitalisation.
Johnston, K, Cassimatis, J, Hattingh, L
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Guidelines for Pediatric Radiotherapy Simulation: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group Radiation Oncology Discipline

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric radiation therapy presents unique challenges compared to adult treatments, including those of immobilization, potential need for sedation, and the critical importance of accurate, reproducible positioning. Additionally, heightened attention to imaging doses is necessary to minimize long‐term toxicity in survivors.
Parham Alaei, Stephen Mihalcik, Sujith Baliga, Young Kwok, Dana Casey, Eric Ehler, Christiane Burton, John C. Breneman, Daphne A. Haas‐Kogan, Suzanne L. Wolden, Arnold C. Paulino, Nadia N. Laack, Natia Esiashvili, Sarah Milgrom, Christine Hill‐Kayser, Thomas J. Fitzgerald, John A. Kalapurakal, Chia‐Ho Hua   +17 more
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Collaboration to reduce antibiotic use and resistance and identify opportunities for improvement and awareness (CARA)

Rural and Remote Health, 2023
Introduction: CARA is a five-year Health Research Board (HRB) project. Superbugs cause resistant infections that are difficult to treat and pose a serious threat to human health.
Sana Parveen, Mathieu D’Aquin, Lukasz Porwol, Claire Collins, Mike O'Callaghan, Heike Vornhagen, Agustin Garcia Pereira, Akke Vellinga   +7 more
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Systemic dysregulation of apolipoproteins in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis serum

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease that damages motor neurons. This study found that people with ALS show significant changes in blood fats and the proteins that carry them. Several apolipoproteins were higher, lipid balances were altered, and normal protein–lipid relationships were disrupted.
Finula I. Isik, Russell Pickford, Hannah C. Timmins, Olivier Piguet, Glenda M. Halliday, Matthew C. Kiernan, Woojin Scott Kim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source