Clinical Focus

Clinical Focus Spot Diagnosis

How would you manage this ingested foreign body?

11th December 2019
Ellie is a three-year-old girl brought into the ED on Christmas Day after reporting to her parents that she had swallowed a…
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button battery on X-ray
Clinical Focus Therapy Update

A GP guide to complications of vaccine-preventable diseases

10th December 2019
While many GPs will not have encountered complications of vaccine-preventable diseases, the threat of rare and life…
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mumps
Clinical Focus Therapy Update

4 steps to tackling unsafe alcohol use

9th December 2019
Alcohol continues to play a major role in many parts of Australian society and is central to many family celebrations,…
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alcohol at christmas
Clinical Focus Case Report

Giant hiatus hernia causes multiple symptoms

5th December 2019
Peggy, a 75-year-old woman, presents to her GP with worsening cough after her evening meal and in bed at night. She is…
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Cough
Clinical Focus Therapy Update

A GP guide to faltering growth in infants

3rd December 2019
Failure to thrive describes a pattern of growth that is inadequate for a child’s corrected age, genetic potential and any…
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Clinical Focus Case Report

Rheumatic complications in a patient with diabetes

29th November 2019
Patricia is 56 and attends for a routine diabetes review. She was diagnosed with diabetes four years ago. She has been…
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sore shoulder
Clinical Focus Spot Diagnosis

How would you treat this head wound?

28th November 2019
Tessa is a 5-year-old brought to her GP by her parents after sustaining a scalp laceration to the left parietotemporal…
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head wound