Chronic pelvic pain treatment understanding what matters: a social media survey by Selina Johnson, Emma Evans, Dharani K Hapangama

“…Initially, most women see general practitioners and gynaecologists (90%), with varied care beyond these providers. …”
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Risk factors of development of hepatocellular carcinoma by V. T. Ivashkin, M. A. Morozova, M. V. Mayevskaya, I. A. Sokolina, Ye. N. German, M. V. Bundina

“…To draw attention of general practitioners to the risk factors of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development, to define group of patients with high probability of development of this tumor, to outline algorithm of screening diagnostics for patients of high risk group.Original positions of the report. …”
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Clinical Guidelines of the Russian Society of Surgeons, the Russian Gastroenterological Association, the Association of Surgeons-Hepatologists and the Endoscopic Society “REndO” o... by V. T. Ivashkin, A. G. Kriger, A. V. Okhlobystin, M. A. Anischenko, S. S. Kardasheva, S. A. Alekseenko, S. F. Bagnenko, M. I. Bykov, S. A. Budzinskiy, I.  M. Buriev, V. A. Vishnevskiy, E. I. Galperin, V. P. Glabay, V. R. Goltsov, T. G. Dyuzheva, G. G. Karmazanovskiy, M. P. Korolev, D. M. Krasilnikov, Yu. A. Kucheryavy, I. V. Maev, N. A. Maystrenko, M. F. Osipenko, M. I. Prudkov, V. I. Simanenkov, E. G. Solonitsin, A. V. Fedorov, E. D. Fedorov, I. B. Khlynov, M. V. Chikunova, A. V. Shabunin, S. G. Shapovalyants, A. A. Sheptulin, O. S. Shifrin

“…Aim: to present modern methods of diagnosis and treatment of chronic pancreatitis for gastroenterologists, general practitioners and physicians.Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a long-term inflammatory disease of the pancreas, manifested by irreversible morphological changes in the parenchyma and pancreatic ducts, which cause pain and/or persistent impairment of function. …”
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Health-related quality of life in patients with non-communicable disease: study protocol of a cross-sectional survey by Els Clays, Pauline Boeckxstaens, Delphine De Smedt, Peter Pype, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Lisa Van Wilder, Diego Schrans

“…A minimum of 50 general practitioners will participate to recruit participants (convenient sample) and a total of 531 patients will be enrolled (voluntary response sample). …”
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Diagnostics of chronic small intestinal obstruction in patient with ectopic pancreas in the Meckel's diverticulum (case report) by Zinaida A. Lemeshko, O. S. Shifrin, A. V. Korolev, T. L. Lemina, I. A. Sokolina, A. Ye. Leonovich, K. A. Lesko, A. S. Tertychny, V. T. Ivashkin

“…To draw attention of general practitioners to the rare case of intestinal obstruction - intussusception of Meckel's diverticulum in small intestinal lumen. …”
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Management of adult patients with alcoholic liver disease: clinical guidelines of the Russian Scientific Liver Society by V. T. Ivashkin, M. V. Mayevskaya, Ch. S. Pavlov, Yu. P. Sivolap, V. D. Lunkov, M. S. Zharkova, R. V. Maslennikov

“…To present clinical guidelines of the Russian Scientific Liver Society on diagnosis and treatment of alcoholic liver disease to general practitioners. Summary. Harmful alcohol intake is the burning issue for Russia. …”
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Peptic Ulcer in Adults (Clinical Guidelines of the Russian Gastroenterological Association, Russian Society of Colorectal Surgeons and the Russian Endosc... by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Maev, P. V. Tsar’kov, M. P. Korolev, D. N. Andreev, E. K. Baranskaya, S. G. Burkov, A. A. Derinov, S. K. Efetov, T. L. Lapina, P. V. Pavlov, S. S. Pirogov, A. V. Tkachev, A. S. Trukhmanov, E. D. Fedorov, A. A. Sheptulin

“…The recommendations are intended for gastroenterologists and general practitioners.General provisions. Peptic ulcer (PU) represents a chronic relapsing disease occurring with alternating periods of exacerbation and remission. …”
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Optimal Pathways to Lung Cancer Screening in Primary Care Settings: A Scoping Review by Emmanouil K. Symvoulakis, Izolde Bouloukaki, Antonios Christodoulakis, Antonia Aravantinou-Karlatou, Ioanna Tsiligianni

“…Primary care plays a crucial role in early diagnosis, but detecting lung cancer early remains challenging for general practitioners (GPs). Therefore, the aim of this scoping review was to identify optimal strategies and pathways for lung cancer screening (LCS) in primary care settings globally. …”
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Diagnostics and treatment of peptic ulcer: clinical guidelines of the Russian gastroenterological Association by V. T. Ivashkin, A. A. Sheptulin, I. V. Mayev, Ye. K. Baranskaya, A. S. Trukhmanov, T. L. Lapina, S. G. Burkov, A. V. Kalinin, A. V. Tkachev

“…To present modern concept on etiology and pathogenesis of the peptic ulcer (PUD) to general practitioners, to acquaint them with modern diagnostic methods and main treatment approaches of this disease. …”
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The parental care-seeking behavior of children with osteogenesis imperfecta based on the Anderson’s model: a qualitative study by Lin Mo, Fan-yan Du

“…Improving access to medical resources, promoting collaboration between specialists and general practitioners, reforming insurance for rare diseases, leveraging social resources, and educating families can boost OI diagnosis rates and enhance family disease management.…”
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Educational Advance Organizers: A Bridge to Effective Learning by Mehri Yavari, Akram Bagherzadeh, Haniye Mastour, Shima Sadat Zarif Nahad

“…Post-test questions were reviewed by five specialists in medical education, general practitioners, and infectious diseases.Results: Demographic variables in pre-test and post-test scores were not statistically significantly different except for marital status which had a statistically significant relationship with pre-test scores and educational status of individuals with diplomas with pre-test and post-test scores. …”
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Determination of Medical Students’ Perception on Disaster Awareness by Bilge DELİBALTA, Abdul Samet ŞAHİN, Enes BULUT, Berkay YILDIZ, Abdülkadir GÜNDÜZ

“…Objective: Medical students and general practitioners have a vital role in disasters both in the “preparedness and mitigation” and “response and recovery” phases. …”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines of the Russian Society for the Study of the Liver, the Russian Gastroenterological Association, the National Scientific Society of Infectious Disease S... by V. T. Ivashkin, V. P. Chulanov, N. A. Mamonova, M. V. Maevskaya, M. S. Zharkova, I. N. Tikhonov, P. O. Bogomolov, E. V. Volchkova, A. S. Dmitriev, O. O. Znojko, E. A. Klimova, K. V. Kozlov, I. E. Kravchenko, E. Yu. Malinnikova, R. V. Maslennikov, M. I. Mikhailov, K. E. Novak, I. G. Nikitin, V. E. Syutkin, E. V. Esaulenko, A. A. Sheptulin, E. N. Shirokova, N. D. Yushchuk

“…Аim: diagnosis and treatment algorithms in the clinical recommendations intended for general practitioners, gastroenterologists, infectious disease specialists, hepatologists on the of chronic hepatitis C are presented.Summary. …”
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RISK-ORIENTED PREDICTION OF PREGNANCY LOSS PATHOLOGY BASED ON A PERSONALIZED APPROACH by Nataliia Timchenko, Taras Gutor

“…The personalized preventive model can be applied by general practitioners/family doctors and obstetrician-gynecologists in order to form risk groups among pregnant women and prevent the occurrence of pregnancy loss pathology.…”
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Evaluation of antibiotic treatment initiation and duration practices in primary care. Cross-sectional study in two French multi-professional health centers. by Simon Ferme, Emmanuel Piednoir, Marianne Delestre, Elise Fiaux, Johann Masik, Renaud Verdon, Pascal Thibon

“…Our main objective was to evaluate whether general practitioners' antibiotic initiation and prescription durations for respiratory infections align with these recommendations. …”
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Mixed methods study protocol to examine perceptions of family medicine among long-term patients of a family medicine clinic in Japan by Tesshu Kusaba, Kotaro Sato, Ryoko Michinobu

“…Introduction Family physicians or general practitioners play central roles in many countries’ primary care systems, but family medicine (FM) remains relatively unestablished in Japan. …”
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GPs’ perspectives on care models integrating medical and non-medical services in primary care—a representative survey in Germany by Wolfram J. Herrmann, Hendrik Napierala

“…The aim of our study was to explore the perspective of general practitioners (GPs) working in Germany on these four care models regarding their meaningfulness and if they would like to use them. …”
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Explainable unsupervised anomaly detection for healthcare insurance data by Hannes De Meulemeester, Frank De Smet, Johan van Dorst, Elise Derroitte, Bart De Moor

“…In a practical setting, the proposed workflow with SHAP was able to detect a previously unknown, anomalous trend among general practitioners. Conclusions The proposed workflow is able to detect known care providers with atypical behaviour and helps expert investigators in making informed decisions concerning possible fraud or overconsumption in the health insurance field.…”
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Health-seeking behaviors during an outbreak of acute conjunctivitis in Central India by Samrat Chatterjee, Anil B Gangwe, Deepshikha Agrawal

“…Results: The treatment choices were pharmacies (51.4%), ophthalmologists (21.1%), quacks (non-qualified doctors) (6.8%), general practitioners (1.6%), home remedies (5.2%), and no treatment (13.9%). …”
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Awareness and Treatment Decisions on Tooth Wear among Jordanian Dentists and Prosthodontists: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study by Samiha Sartawi, Nesreen A. Salim, Duaa Taim

“…Low confidence levels were demonstrated among general practitioners in diagnosing and treating tooth wear. …”
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