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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: General Practice

General Practice current awareness bulletin

Frequency: Bi-monthly

Links to articles in the current and previous 2 issues of this bulletin are displayed below.

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December 2024

Approach to allergic rhinitis in the primary care setting

An approach to the postoperative parotidectomy patient in primary care

The art of effective communication between family physicians and their adolescent patients: challenges and solutions

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnoses and prescriptions in UK primary care, 2000–2018: population-based cohort study

Care needs of patients with the post-COVID syndrome in Dutch general practice: an interview study among patients and general practitioners

Common incidental urological lesions on computed tomography images: what to do with renal and adrenal computed tomography incidentalomas in a primary care setting

Conservative management of patients with end-stage chronic limb-threatening ischaemia in the community

A cross-sectional study exploring general practitioners’ views on dietary supplements

Exploring practice staffs’ perspectives regarding professional roles, confidence, and motivations in delivering mental health care within rural general practice: a qualitative exploration

Factors associated with general practitioner-led diagnosis of long COVID: an observational study using electronic general practice data from Victoria and New South Wales, Australia

General practitioners’ experiences delivering essential care services during the 2020 and 2021 COVID-19-related lockdowns

The importance of comprehensive cancer survivorship care plans in general practice

Is living alone associated with mortality among older primary care patients with or without diabetes?

Models of care for tuberculosis infection screening and treatment in primary care: a scoping review

Parameters for delivering ethnically and gender-sensitive primary care in cardiovascular health through telehealth: systematic review (BMJ update)

Penile dermatology for the general practitioner: a pragmatic approach to diagnosis and management

Primary care seeking among adults with chronic neck and low back pain in Norway: a prospective study from the HUNT study linked to Norwegian primary healthcare registry

Prioritising primary care patients with unexpected weight loss for cancer investigation: diagnostic accuracy study

Should GPs be allowed to offer private services to their patients? (BMJ feature)

Streamlining documentation in patient electronic medical records: an example of chlamydia consultation shortcuts

A UK university is helping to train Chinese GPs. This is why (BMJ feature)

Sources

Australian Journal of General Practice (Oct-Nov); BJPsychOpen (Sep); BMC Primary Care (Sep-Nov); BMJ, The (Oct-Nov); European Journal of Pain (Nov); MJA: The Medical Journal of Australia (Nov); Public Health (Oct)

October 2024

Approach to obesity treatment in primary care: a review

Associations between daily home blood pressure measurements and self-reports of lifestyle and symptoms in primary care: the PERHIT study

Best practice care for acute low back pain: a new clinical standard to assist general practitioners

Cancer patients have a reduced likelihood of dying in hospital with advance care planning in primary health care and a summarizing palliative plan

The changing shape of general practice in Scotland: the rise of the ‘megapractice’

Characteristics and primary care experiences of people who self-report as autistic: a probability sample survey of adults registered with primary care services in England

Clinical coding of long COVID in primary care 2020–2023 in a cohort of 19 million adults (OpenSAFELY)

Effective medical treatment of obesity among immigrant women in primary care

Exploring the facilitators and barriers in opioid deprescribing for non-cancer pain treatment experienced by general practitioners

Factors influencing antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections in primary care – a comparison of physicians with different antibiotic prescribing rates

General practitioner support needs to implement cardiovascular disease risk assessment and management guidelines

Implementation of lung ultrasonography by general practitioners for lower respiratory tract infections

Interprofessional follow-up for people at risk of type 2 diabetes in primary healthcare – a randomized controlled trial with embedded qualitative interviews

Melanoma medicine: new drugs for melanoma and the role of the general practitioner

Nasal sprays and behavioural interventions compared with usual care for acute respiratory illness in primary care: a randomised, controlled, open-label, parallel-group trial

Pharmacist-led telehealth deprescribing for people living with dementia and polypharmacy in primary care: a pilot study

A practical framework for Long COVID treatment in primary care

Pre-hospital management and patient-related factors affecting access to the surgical care of appendicitis – a survey study

Self-management care plans for patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a quality improvement project

Skin procedures in general practice

What competencies are needed to develop collaboration between general practitioners and pharmacists through initial interprofessional training?

Sources

Australian Journal of General Practice (Aug-Sep); BMC Medical Education (Aug); BMJ Open (Jul); eClinicalMedicine (Jun); European Journal of Pain (Aug); JAMA Internal Medicine (Jul); Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (Jul); Lancet Respiratory Medicine, The (Aug); Life Sciences (Oct); Obesity Pillars (Dec); Primary Health Care (Aug); Public Health (Aug); Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care (Sep)

August 2024

Access to personalised dementia care planning in primary care: a mixed methods evaluation of the PriDem intervention 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082083

An approach to managing gallbladder polyps for the general practitioner 10.31128/AJGP-03-23-6775

Assessment and management of sleep disorders in shift workers: challenges and considerations for general practice 10.31128/AJGP-12-22-6647

Diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnoea in primary care 10.31128/AJGP-03-23-6740

See also: Management of obstructive sleep apnoea in primary care 10.31128/AJGP-08-23-6933

Effectiveness of a symptom-clinic intervention delivered by general practitioners with an extended role for people with multiple and persistent physical symptoms in England: the Multiple Symptoms Study 3 pragmatic, multicentre, parallel-group, individually randomised controlled trial 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00700-1

Exploring fathers’ experiences of seeking support for postnatal depression 10.7748/phc.2023.e1810

Facilitators and barriers to general practitioner and general practice nurse participation in end-of-life care: systematic review 10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-002109

General practice nurses and physicians and end of life: a systematic review of models of care 10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-002114

General practice physicians’ and nurses’ self-reported multidisciplinary end-of-life care: a systematic review 10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-001852

A general practitioner’s perspective on shifting to a multidisciplinary model in primary care: a viewpoint from the United Kingdom 10.31128/AJGP-09-23-6954

Genetics in relation to cardiac diseases: implications for general practitioners 10.31128/AJGP-10-23-6986

Guide to shave procedures in general practice 10.31128/AJGP-06-23-6872

Homelessness in primary care—a day with an emerging GP specialism 10.1136/bmj.q778

The role of systemic corticosteroids when treating infections in adult primary care 10.1016/j.idnow.2024.104925

Sleep health primary care clinical resource 10.31128/AJGP-03-23-6779

Treatments for intractable constipation in childhood (new Cochrane intervention review) 10.1002/14651858.CD014580.pub2

Understanding the preferences of young adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus with regard to diabetes self-management education: a qualitative study 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086133

Willingness of people with type 2 diabetes to engage in healthy eating, physical activity and medication taking 10.1016/j.pcd.2024.03.006  

Sources

Australian Journal of General Practice (Jun-Jul); BMJ, The (Jun); BMJ Open (Jul); BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care (May); Cochrane Library (Jun-Jul); Infectious Diseases Now (Jun); Lancet, The (Jun); Primary Health Care (Jun)

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