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Role of General Practitioners in Acute Case Handling

Physician's Weekly

Source: bmcprimcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12875-025-02901-2 The post Role of General Practitioners in Acute Case Handling first appeared on Physician's Weekly. Analysis of 500+ urgent GP visits in Germany shows most cases were handled in-office, often driven by fear, distress, or a need for reassurance.

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Geriatric Assessment Boosted Outcomes in OAs

Physician's Weekly

In the cohort study published in June 2025 in the issue of BMC Primary Care, researchers examined clinical and process outcomes in older adults (OAs) at risk of or living with frailty who received an interdisciplinary Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) in the community. They assessed OAs aged ≥75 years who were screened for frailty and referred (..)

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Trial of a Strategy to Reduce Antidepressants in Dementia

Physician's Weekly

The following is a summary of “Effects of deprescribing antidepressants in nursing home residents with dementia—a cluster randomized controlled trial,” published in the June 2025 issue of BMC Primary Care by Hølmkjær et al.