Clinical Focus

Clinical Focus Dermoscopy

Is 'overdiagnosis' a price worth paying in melanoma?

11th March 2020
A 45-year-old woman presents for a skin examination. The patient is routinely asked if there are any new or changing lesions…
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Clinical Focus Case Report

Does this lesion indicate cellulitis or Lyme disease?

10th March 2020
Jerome, an otherwise-well 60-year-old man, presents with a red patch on his left thigh. He takes olmesartan for…
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Lyme disease
Clinical Focus Picture Quiz

What's causing these persistent yellow spots?

5th March 2020
A 24-year-old woman presents with a one-year history of multiple asymptomatic firm skin-coloured-to-yellow papules around…
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yellow spots
Clinical Focus Therapy Update

A GP guide to incontinence in the elderly

4th March 2020
Need to know: Incontinence is a significant health condition that affects the majority of women over 65, but many patients…
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12 minutes to read
Senior woman consult
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Love in the time of COVID-19

24th March 2020
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Clinical Focus Case Report

A rare side effect of widely used drugs

3rd March 2020
Genie is 68 and has been seeing you for some years. She has rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for which she takes diclofenac 50mg…
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Senior woman stomach ache
Clinical Focus Spot Diagnosis

What does this 'thumb sign' indicate?

28th February 2020
For three days, this patient has had a sore throat, fever and chills. Today, he feels progressively breathless. Test your…
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epiglottitis
Clinical Focus Examining the Evidence

Do N95 respirators reduce infection risk compared with surgical masks?

27th February 2020
The new decade has commenced with uncertainty and concern for Australian general practice.  News of the new coronavirus…
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