Therapy Update

Clinical Focus Therapy Update

A GP guide to managing benzodiazepines

22nd May 2020
Need to know: Prescription of benzodiazepines should be based on a comprehensive medical assessment, diagnosis, thoughtful…
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Clinical Focus Therapy Update

COVID-19 and cruises: a match made in hell

14th May 2020
Need to know: Prior to COVID-19, the cruise industry was experiencing remarkable growth. An estimated 30 million people…
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Clinical Focus Therapy Update

A GP guide to paediatric facial trauma and scars

30th April 2020
Need to know: Regardless of the location of a facial laceration, the key management principles are the following: To…
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Clinical Focus Therapy Update

A GP guide to deprescribing in delirium

22nd April 2020
Need to know: In older patients, delirium may be the only sign of evolving medical illness and failure to recognise it may…
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Clinical Focus Therapy Update

A GP guide to treating opioid addiction

16th April 2020
Need to know: About 110,000 Australians are opioid-dependent, and approximately 50,000 people receive treatment for opioid…
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Clinical Focus Therapy Update

A GP guide to what we know about COVID-19

9th April 2020
Need to know: SARS-CoV-2 causes milder disease overall than SARS and MERS, leading to greater community transmission via…
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Clinical Focus Therapy Update

A GP guide to comorbid insomnia and sleep apnoea

2nd April 2020
Need to know: Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and insomnia often coexist — a comorbidity that is known as COMISA. Studies…
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