Patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies usually present with progressive muscle weakness with or without other systemic features. Key features on history, examination, serology and histopathological findings from muscle biopsy can help to distinguish between the differential diagnoses and different subtypes.
Lee-Fay Low, Stephanie Daly, Marita Long, Constance Dimity Pond, Henry Brodaty, Caroline Gibson, Mark Yates
People with dementia and their families require ongoing support and review given the many domains affected by dementia. Immediately after diagnosis, people with dementia and their families need help adjusting, with frequent check-ins to plan holistic care and attend to other issues, such as legal matters.
For adolescents with asthma, as with other chronic conditions, GPs play an important role in maintaining good physical health, identifying risk factors that may contribute to poor asthma control and recognising developmental and psychosocial factors that affect
long-term outcomes.
Prescribing an adrenaline injector device is an essential part of anaphylaxis management. EpiPen continues to be available in 150 and 300mcg doses, whereas Anapen is now only available as a 500mcg dose, which may be used for patients weighing 50kg or more.
Incretin analogues result in weight loss approaching that achieved with bariatric surgery and have cardiovascular benefits. However, these treatments are costly and their availability has been limited.
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