CPD How to Treat

Chronic venous disease and varicose veins

10th April 2020
Chronic venous disease is common, with approximately 60% of the population having clinically significant disease. A thorough understanding of the clinical criteria of the CEAP scoring
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Specialist Updates Cardiology

Smokers with vascular disease have sevenfold risk of amputation

18th March 2020
Smokers with symptomatic atherosclerotic disease have a sevenfold increased risk of amputations and other major adverse limb…
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Prosthetic
6Minutes News

Smokers who switch to vaping make rapid vascular gains

19th November 2019
Chronic smokers who switched from tobacco cigarettes to e-cigarette vapes in a large randomised controlled trial experienced…
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E-cigarettes
Australian Doctor News

Hospitals to refuse 'substandard' GP referrals

2nd October 2019
This story has been updated. See footnote. Public hospitals in Victoria say they will begin rejecting GP referrals unless…
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Referral letter
6Minutes News

Which treatment is best for varicose veins?

5th September 2019
At five years, surgery for varicose veins and thermal ablation by laser edge out ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy for…
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Varicose veins
Clinical Focus Case Report

Neck pain and syncope follow a chiro treatment

29th July 2019
Belinda, a 28-year-old chiropractor’s receptionist, presents with a history of episodic fainting. She has been having free…
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Chiro neck woman
Specialist Updates Cardiology

5 factors affecting acute limb ischaemia in PAD

9th July 2019
Five factors put patients with peripheral artery disease at greater or lesser risk of admission for acute limb ischemia, an…
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amputee