October 2020

October 2020

Asthma in adolescents: Often overlooked, not to be forgotten

Peer Reviewed Feature Articles

Respiratory medicine

Asthma in adolescents: often overlooked, not to be forgotten

Vikram Palit, Geshani Jayasuriya, Susan Towns

Adolescents with asthma present unique challenges to the treating clinician due to physiological changes and psychosocial stressors, which often result in nonadherence and poor asthma control.

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Endocrinology and metabolism

Adjunctive therapies for obesity: pharmacotherapy, VLEDs and bariatric surgery

Janet L. Franklin, Arianne N. Sweeting, Alice A. Gibson, Ian D. Caterson

Although lifestyle interventions remain the cornerstone of obesity treatment, adjunctive therapies including very low-energy diets, pharmacotherapy and bariatric surgery, along with the involvement of a multidisciplinary team, may help in obesity management.

CPD

Complete 1.5 CPD hours

Renal medicine

Chronic kidney disease: detection, prevention and early-stage management

Edmund Chung, Jeffrey Ha, Karen Pok, Grant Luxton

There is a growing evidence base for strategies allowing early detection of CKD and measures to delay progression to end-stage kidney disease.

CPD

Complete 1.5 CPD hours

Peer Reviewed Regular Series

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Gastroenterology clinic

Faecal occult blood tests. How and when to use (or not)

Graeme P. Young, Erin L. Symonds

The faecal immunochemical test is appropriate for people who are of average risk for colorectal cancer and has excellent performance characteristics that lead to earlier detection of the disease.

Rheumatology clinic

Systemic lupus erythematosus: challenging for both diagnosis and management

Katrina Pavic, Sean O’neill

Systemic lupus erythematosus can present with a variety of clinical manifestations. Close collaboration between the patient, GP and specialists leads to the best outcomes in the long term.

Dermatology clinic

A rapidly growing nodule on the scalp

Ashod Kherlopian, Gayle Fischer

An 80-year-old man presents with a rapidly growing nodule on his scalp. What is the diagnosis?

ENT clinic

Robotic head and neck surgery. A primer for GPs

Joyce P.k. Ho, Faruque Riffat

Robotic surgery can offer a minimally invasive treatment option for patients with head and neck malignancies. Patients will inevitably look to their GPs for advice on this option.