Physician's Weekly

JUNE 15, 2025

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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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 22, 2025

Source: bmcprimcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12875-025-02895-x The post Geriatric Assessment Boosted Outcomes in OAs first appeared on Physician's Weekly. Follow-up assessments were completed by an independent assessor via telephone in 30 and 180 days.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 14, 2025

Source: bmcprimcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12875-025-02894-y The post Trial of a Strategy to Reduce Antidepressants in Dementia first appeared on Physician's Weekly. Investigators concluded that the intervention did not lead to a significant reduction in antidepressant use among older nursing home residents with dementia.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: Family physicians, general practitioners, and patients. After de-duplication, the selection process started with 4922 articles. Phase-2: We extracted descriptive statistics and tabulated them by type of outcome. Setting: Community-based primary health care. Health organization outcomes.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

This is pivotal for both specialists and general practitioners as it reinforces the importance of weight management in treating liver diseases. Dr. Fontana: As this article highlights, we need to work in parallel to develop more sensitive and specific tools to detect liver inflammation and fibrosis.

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BMJ

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Reference: Benson J , Sexton R , Dowrick C , et al, Staying psychologically safe as a doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic As we face the ongoing global pandemic of COVID-19, doctors, and particularly general practitioners and family doctors (GPs), answer the call to serve in time-pressured, unfamiliar, chaotic, and often-traumatic environments.

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GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

Carla: I think what’s also interesting, Thomas, if I can just say about that, is that there was a study a couple years ago looking at general practitioners and their availability, or their ability not availability, ability to recognize their patients who are disconnected.

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