Mistakes in the diagnosis and treatment of atopic dermatitis by Monika Marko, Rafał Pawliczak

“…Because AD mainly affects children, the problem of diagnosis and therapy concerns primarily general practitioners (GPs) and pediatricians. This review aims to identify the most common incorrect decisions made during cooperation with a patient suffering from AD. …”
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Legal Protection for Medical Laboratories Concerning Risk-Based Business Licensing Standards and the Fulfillment of Clinical Pathology Specialist by Etik Nunuk Setyorini, Mokhamad Khoirul Huda, Andika Persada Putra

“…The amendment to the Ministry of Health Regulation on the Standards of Business Activities and Risk-Based Licensing in the Health Sector, which requires Clinical Pathology Specialists (DSPK) as the responsible physician, replacing general practitioners, has created difficulties for medical laboratory operators. …”
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Principles of management of patient with asymptomatic elevation of serum aminotransferases by Ye. N. German, M. V. Mayevskaya, Ye. O. Lyusina, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Absence of clear practical guidelines on management of patients with asymptomatic elevation of serum aminotransferases can cause difficulties for general practitioners. Presented clinical case illustrates management approach in such cases.The basic contents. …”
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An Investigation of Current Endodontic Practice in Turkey by R. F. Kaptan, F. Haznedaroglu, M. B. Kayahan, F. B. Basturk

“…Despite the introduction of new instruments and techniques, most of the general practitioners chose conventional methods.…”
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Vaccination Coverage of the Elderly in Greece: A Cross-Sectional Nationwide Study by Dimitrios Papagiannis, Georgios Rachiotis, Anargiros Mariolis, Efterpi Zafiriou, Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis

“…The aim of this observational study was to record the vaccination coverage for vaccines recommended by the National Vaccination Program in Greece for the elderly people ≥60 years old. Two hundred general practitioners (GPs) around the country from the primary healthcare system were invited to “participate,” and one hundred fifty from them participated in the present study. …”
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An Online Platform to Support the Network of Caregivers of People with Dementia by April B. C. G. Boessen, Renée Verwey, Saskia Duymelinck, Erik van Rossum

“…Although connecting care organizations’ record systems with the platform and an active contribution of all care professionals involved (e.g., general practitioners and those working at day care units) were suggested for optimal use of the platform, family and professional caregivers positively valued the platform for improving the efficiency and ease of communication and collaboration.…”
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Construction of a Practical Oriented Tool for Evaluating the Ability of Community Medical Staff to Provide Hospice Care Services and Its Reliability and Validity by SHA Jingjing, JING Limei, DING Tongjiu, XIN Yurong, TANG Lan, LI Shuijing

“…The main community hospice care service are provided by the teams which are composed of general practitioners and nursing staff. Meanwhile, there is still a lack of unified assessment standards and requirements for the abilities of community medical staff. …”
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Supervisors’ Strategies to Facilitate Work Functioning among Employees with Musculoskeletal Complaints: A Focus Group Study by Tove Ask, Liv Heide Magnussen

“…The supervisors described five strategies for sick leave management: (1) promoting well-being and a healthy working environment, (2) providing early support and adjustments, (3) making employees more responsible, (4) using confrontational strategies in relation to employees on long-term sick leave, and (5) cooperation with general practitioners (GPs). Conclusions. Strategies of promoting a healthy working environment and facilitating early return to work were utilised in the follow-up of employees with musculoskeletal complaints. …”
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Intracranial artery dolichoectasia: What should the neurologist know? by Lorena Dellagnesi Depieri, Renan Rodrigues Neves Ribeiro do Nascimento, Lorena Souza Viana

“…This study aims to increase awareness among general practitioners and neurologists regarding this rare and potentially life-threatening condition. …”
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Doctor! Did you Google my symptoms? A qualitative study of patient perceptions of doctors’ point-of-care information seeking by Mieke L van Driel, Isaac Tranter, Ben Mitchell

“…The four dominant themes include: the trust a patient has in the doctor before the consultation, whether the doctor is expected to know the answer to a question without searching, has the doctor added value to the consultation by searching and the consultation skills used in the process.Conclusions Patient trust is fundamental to positive perceptions of general practitioners’ information seeking at the point-of-care. …”
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Involving migrants in the development of guidelines for communication in cross-cultural general practice consultations: a participatory learning and action research project by Chris van Weel, Anne MacFarlane, Maria van den Muijsenbergh, Tomas de Brún, Evelyn van Weel-Baumgarten, Mary O'Reilly-de Brún, Ekaterina Okonkwo, Jean Samuel Bonsenge Bokanga, Maria Manuela De Almeida Silva, Florence Ogbebor, Aga Mierzejewska, Lovina Nnadi

“…In this paper, we focus on findings about the use of formal versus informal interpreters because dialogues about these issues emerged as central to the identification of recommendations for best practice.Design This qualitative case study involved a Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) research methodology.Participants The sample comprised 80 stakeholders: 51 from migrant communities; 15 general practitioners (GPs) and general practice staff; 7 established migrants as peer researchers; 5 formal, trained interpreters; and 2 service planners from the national health authority.Setting Galway, Ireland.Results There was 100% consensus across stakeholder groups that while informal interpreters have uses for migrants and general practice staff, they are not considered acceptable as best practice. …”
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Implementing a General Practice-Based Link Worker Intervention for People with Multimorbidity During the Covid-19 Pandemic- a Mixed Methods Process Evaluation of the LinkMM RCT by Bridget Kiely, Ivana Keenan, Sonali Loomba, Natalie Mack, Vivienne Byers, Emer Galvin, Muireann O’Shea, Patrick O’Donnell, Fiona Boland, Barbara Clyne, Eamon O’Shea, Susan M. Smith, Deirdre Connolly

“…Qualitative data from interviews with 25 patients, 10 general practitioners, 10 link workers and eight community resource providers were thematically analysed and integrated with quantitative data to explore implementation, adaptations, context and mediators. …”
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Clinical Recommendations of the Russian Gastroenterological Association on Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Esophagitis by V. T. Ivashkin, N. D. Yuschuk, I. V. Maev, A. S. Trukhmanov, O. A. Storonova, A. A. Makushina, S. S. Pirogov, O. V. Zayratyants, O. P. Alekseeva, D. N. Andreyev, T. L. Lapina, A. V. Tkachev, Yu. P. Uspenskiy, A. A. Sheptulin

“…Current clinical recommendations aim to provide gastroenterologists, general practitioners (family doctors), endoscopists and infectionists with modern methods for diagnosis and treatment of infectious esophagitis.Key points. …”
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Description and characterization of pneumococcal community acquired pneumonia (CAP) among radiologically confirmed CAP in outpatients by Josselin Le Bel, Juliette Pinot, Toni Alfaiate, Marie Ecollan, Fanny Cussac, Raphaël Pecqueur, Marie-Pierre Revel, Cyrille Vartanian, Emmanuelle Varon, Christian Theilacker, Xavier Duval, Henri Partouche, Cédric Laouénan, Serge Gilberg

“…Between November 2017 and December 2019, a French network of general practitioners enrolled CAP-suspected adults, with ≥1 clinical signs of infection and ≥1 signs of pulmonary localization in an observational study. …”
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Practical Recommendations of Scientific Society for the Study of Human Microbiome and the Russian Gastroenterological Association on Use of Probiotics, Prebiotics, Synbiotics and F... by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Maev, D. I. Abdulganieva, S. A. Alekseenko, A. V. Gorelov, I. N. Zakharova, O. Yu. Zolnikova, N. Yu. Ivashkina, N. V. Korochanskaya, S. N. Mammayev, E. A. Poluektova, A. S. Trukhmanov, D. V. Usenko, Yu. P. Uspensky, V. V. Tsukanov, O. S. Shifrin, I. V. Berezhnaya, K. V. Ivashkin, T. L. Lapina, R. V. Maslennikov, S. V. Nikolaeva, N. G. Sugyan, A. I. Ulyanin

“…The practical guidelines are intended for primary care physicians, general practitioners, paediatricians, gastroenterologists and general internists to advance the treatment and prevention of gastroenterological diseases in adults and children in therapies with probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics and their enriched functional foods.Key points. …”
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Rules for investigation of patients with asymptomatic elevation of serum aminotransferase activity by M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin, Ye. N. German

“…Features of differential diagnosis and medical approach in patients without any clinical symptoms is actual and common issue faced by many general practitioners every day. As a rule, elevation of activity of alanine and-or aspartate aminotransferases (ALT, AST) is considered as highly significant marker of hepatocyte damage. …”
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Modeling a Telemedicine Screening Program for Diabetic Retinopathy in Iran and Implementing a Pilot Project in Tehran Suburb by Sare Safi, Hamid Ahmadieh, Marzieh Katibeh, Mehdi Yaseri, Homayoun Nikkhah, Saeed Karimi, Ramin Nourinia, Ali Tivay, Mohammad Zareinejad, Mohsen Azarmina, Alireza Ramezani, Siamak Moradian, Mohammad Hossein Dehghan, Narsis Daftarian, Davood Abbasi, Afshin Eshghi Fallah, Bahareh Kheiri

“…The educational course for DR screening was established for general practitioners (GPs). Registered patients in IDS branch were recalled for fundus photography; images were transferred to the reading center via IRTOS to be graded by GPs, and patients were informed about the results via mobile messaging. …”
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Factors to Improve the Management of Hepatitis C in Drug Users: An Observational Study in an Addiction Centre by Joseph Moussalli, Helene Delaquaize, Dominique Boubilley, Jean Pierre Lhomme, Jules Merleau Ponty, David Sabot, Anne Kerever, Marc Valleur, Thierry Poynard

“…In 2002, patients were sent to the hospital. with the Starting of 2003, patients were offered standard of care HCV management in the center by a team of general practitioners, a consultant hepatologist, psychiatrists, nurses, and a health counsellor. …”
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Cohort profile: prevalence of valvular heart disease in community patients with suspected heart failure in UK by Rajan Sharma, Anna Marciniak, Keli Glover

“…We recommend that readily available community echocardiography services should be provided for general practitioners as this will result in early detection of valve disease.…”
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Effect of Beverage Consumption Frequency on DMFT Index among Iranian Adult Population: An AZAR Cohort Study by Mahdi Hadilou, Mohammad Hossein Somi, Elnaz Faramarzi, Leila Nikniaz

“…Demographic and nutritional data were collected by nutritionists through the “Food Frequency Questionnaire,” and DMFT index by general practitioners trained by a dentist according to the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. …”
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