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In the setting of a current reaction, it is important to make a thorough assessment of the nature and severity of the ADR, and where not obvious, refer to available information on the known side-effects of the medication in question. Where allergy is suspected, testing may be helpful. For example...

Advances in non-drug treatments in the past few decades have been substantial and diverse: exercise for heart failure and COPD, ‘mirror’ therapy for poststroke pain, the Epley manoeuvre for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, knee taping for osteoarthritis, cognitive therapy for depression (and...

Questions for this month's clinical challenge are based on articles in this issue. The style and scope of questions is in keeping with the multiple choice questions of the RACGP Fellowship exam. The quiz is endorsed by the RACGP Quality Improvement and Continuing Professional Development Program...

The opinions expressed by correspondents in this column are in no way endorsed by either the Editors or The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Case studyMarion, a university lecturer aged 48 years, presented to her general practitioner complaining of persistent hoarseness for 4–5 weeks. Over the preceding 5 months she had suffered two prolonged episodes of bacterial sinusitis and an infective exacerbation of her asthma, each requiring...

Case studyA man, 26 years of age, presented to a hospital emergency department complaining of a sudden onset of a sore throat 6 hours previously while consuming a carbonated drink at work. The pain commenced about lunchtime, after he had been mixing concrete powder, and since then had been...

Case study 1Betty, 78 years of age, presented to the emergency department with an acutely painful discharging left eye on the background of a complex ocular history. While living overseas she had developed left eye herpes keratitis for which she sought treatment from an ophthalmologist. She had...

Implementing preventive care and achieving adherence to preventive care plans is a difficult task for general practitioners. If we consider the preventive elements of the problems described in the focus articles in this month’s issue of Australian Family Physician, or for cardiovascular disease...