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Medicine, General & Internal
Jessica Mooney, Roger Yau, Haseeb Moiz, Farah Kidy, Andrew Evans, Sarah Hillman, Dan Todkill, Saran Shantikumar
Summary: This study investigated the correlation between socioeconomic deprivation and the rate of prescribing of individual pharmaceutical drugs and drug classes in primary care in England. The results revealed novel associations between prescribing and deprivation, with some drugs showing higher prescribing rates in more deprived areas and others in more affluent areas. Further research is needed to identify the underlying reasons for these associations and develop appropriate interventions to address healthcare inequality.
POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Primary Health Care
Esmee M. Hogervorst, Ilse N. Ganzevoort, Marjolein Y. Berger, Gea A. Holtman
Summary: In primary care, there are differences in the prognosis and treatment of children with IBS compared to other diagnostic subgroups. Children with IBS are more commonly referred to secondary care, use more laxatives, and have a higher risk of developing chronic diarrhea and low physical health-related quality of life (HRQoL) during 1 year.
Article
Primary Health Care
Sarah J. Price, Niamh Gibson, William T. Hamilton, Angela King, Elizabeth A. Shephard
Summary: This observational prospective cohort study aimed to quantify the correlation between abdominal pain and various types of cancer risks. The results showed that the risk of cancer is higher in men and older patients, and the presence of additional features further increases the risk. These findings are important for guiding appropriate referral and testing strategies.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE
(2022)
Review
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Brian E. Lacy, David Cangemi, Maria Vazquez-Roque
Summary: Abdominal bloating and distension are common gastrointestinal symptoms that often coincide with other functional gastrointestinal disorders. Treatment involves identifying the etiology, educating patients, setting expectations, and using a variety of therapeutic options.
CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Oncology
Essa Tawfiq, Romana Pylypchuk, J. Mark Elwood, Mark Mckeage, Sue Wells, Vanessa Selak
Summary: The study demonstrates that cancer survivors have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, especially patients with myeloma, lung cancer, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Prioritizing cardiovascular disease risk management among cancer survivors is essential.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Frances M. K. Williams, Elizaveta E. Elgaeva, Maxim B. Freidin, Olga O. Zaytseva, Yurii S. Aulchenko, Yakov A. Tsepilov, Pradeep Suri
Summary: There are causal associations between education, smoking, alcohol consumption, major depressive disorder, and the risk of chronic back pain (CBP). CBP also has causal associations with greater alcohol consumption and smoking.
EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Acoustics
Baptiste Morel, Corentin Hellec, Adele Fievet, Catherine Sembely Taveau, Martine Abimelech, Paul Armand Dujardin, Laurent Brunereau, Frederic Patat
Summary: This study evaluated the reliability of an innovative 3-D virtual abdominal tele-ultrasonography in pediatric abdominal symptoms. The results showed that the method obtained high-quality three-dimensional acquisitions with good acceptance. The tele-ultrasound examination demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity, indicating its potential application value in pediatric emergencies.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Fernando J. Martinez, MeiLan K. Han, Camden Lopez, Susan Murray, David Mannino, Stacey Anderson, Randall Brown, Rowena Dolor, Nancy Elder, Min Joo, Irfan Khan, Lyndee M. Knox, Catherine Meldrum, Elizabeth Peters, Cathie Spino, Hazel Tapp, Byron Thomashow, Linda Zittleman, Barry Make, Barbara P. Yawn
Summary: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is often undiagnosed in primary care. The CAPTURE screening tool is effective in identifying US primary care patients with clinically significant, undiagnosed COPD.
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Takafumi Saito, Tao Chen, Harukaze Yatsugi, Tianshu Chu, Xin Liu, Hiro Kishimoto
Summary: The number of chronic pain sites is positively associated with the presence and severity of neuropathic-like symptoms in older Japanese adults with chronic pain.
Review
Urology & Nephrology
Brian A. Parsons, Andrew P. Baranowski, Bary Berghmans, Jan Borovicka, Angela M. Cottrell, Paulo Dinis-Oliveira, Sohier Elneil, John Hughes, Bert E. J. Messelink, Amanda C. de C. Williams, Pedro Abreu-Mendes, Valentin Zumstein, Daniel S. Engeler
Summary: Management of chronic pelvic pain remains a huge challenge, with unimodal therapeutic options often unsuccessful. Individualised multimodal management appears to be the most promising approach, leading to improvement for a large proportion of patients. The European Association of Urology Chronic Pelvic Pain Guideline Group provides an overview of important concepts for successfully diagnosing and treating this challenging disease.
Letter
Dermatology
Reineke Soegiharto, Mike Westmeijer, Nicole Boekema-Bakker, Irene A. M. Groenewegen, Andre C. Knulst, Juul M. P. A. van den Reek, Heike Rockmann
Summary: This study presents a large population-based investigation into the prevalence and healthcare usage of patients with chronic urticaria (CU) in primary care. The findings indicate a relatively low annual point prevalence, modest healthcare usage, and reliable estimation of disease duration, providing useful knowledge for counseling new CU patients in both primary and specialist care.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Suzanne Nielsen, Rachelle Buchbinder, Christopher Pearce, Dan Lubman, Samanta Lalic, Romi Haas, Louisa Picco, Monica Jung, Helena Cangadis-Douglass, Jenni Ilomaki, J. Simon Bell, Ting Xia
Summary: The OPPICO cohort is a population-based cohort created to understand opioid prescribing, policy impacts, and clinical outcomes. This paper provides a profile of the study cohort by summarizing available demographic, clinical, and prescribing characteristics.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Siaka Kone, Bassirou Bonfoh, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Jurg Utzinger, Eliezer K. N'Goran, Gunther Fink
Summary: The study found that newly constructed healthcare facilities in a health and demographic surveillance site in Cote d'Ivoire significantly reduced post-neonatal infant mortality, but did not improve antenatal care and institutional delivery. Therefore, new healthcare facilities may not necessarily improve healthcare utilization and health outcomes.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Catarina Tome-Pires, Enric Aragones, Concepcion Rambla, German Lopez-Cortacans, Elisabet Sanchez-Rodriguez, Antonia Caballero, Jordi Miro
Summary: This study aimed to explore patients' perceptions of a group-based psychoeducational intervention for the management of chronic musculoskeletal pain and depression. The perceived barriers included lack of motivation, time constraints, pain, depression, ineffectiveness of pain-relief strategies, and activity avoidance. The facilitators were having a supportive family/friends, the positive effects of self-management, high motivation, and being a proactive patient, as well as peer support and identification, the positive effect of sessions, and free expression.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Terhi Luntamo, Lotta Lempinen, Andre Sourander
Summary: Pain symptoms and comorbid psychiatric difficulties in children have undergone changes in recent decades, with a significant increase in emotional difficulties among girls who suffer from headaches.
SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Primary Health Care
Gea A. Holtman, Yvonne Lisman-van Leeuwen, Boudewijn J. Kollen, Obbe F. Norbruis, Johanna C. Escher, Angelika Kindermann, Yolanda B. de Rijke, Patrick F. van Rheenen, Marjolein Y. Berger
ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE
(2016)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
C. M. C. R. Panman, M. Wiegersma, B. J. Kollen, M. Y. Berger, Y. Lisman-Van Leeuwen, K. M. Vermeulen, J. H. Dekker
BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY
(2017)
Editorial Material
Urology & Nephrology
Marco H. Blanker, Inge Bouwman, Maarten Voskamp, Yvonne Lisman-Van Leeuwen
Article
Primary Health Care
Gea A. Holtman, Justin J. Kranenberg, Marco H. Blanker, Alewijn Ott, Yvonne Lisman-van Leeuwen, Marjolein Y. Berger
Article
Primary Health Care
Gea A. Holtman, Yvonne Lisman-van Leeuwen, Patrick F. van Rheenen, Boudewijn J. Kollen, Johanna C. Escher, Angelika Kindermann, Yolanda B. de Rijke, Marjolein Y. Berger
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Anke Heida, Gea A. Holtman, Yvonne Lisman-van Leeuwen, Marjolein Y. Berger, Patrick F. van Rheenen
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION
(2016)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Chantal M. C. R. Panman, Marian Wiegersma, Boudewijn J. Kollen, Marjolein Y. Berger, Yvonne Lisman-van Leeuwen, Karin M. Vermeulen, Janny H. Dekker
MENOPAUSE-THE JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MENOPAUSE SOCIETY
(2016)
Article
Primary Health Care
Marian J. van den Brink, Anne Linde Saaltink, Feikje Groenhof, Boudewijn J. Kollen, Marjolein Y. Berger, Yvonne Lisman-van Leeuwen, Janny H. Dekker
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Marian Wiegersma, Chantal M. C. R. Panman, Boudewijn J. Kollen, Marjolein Y. Berger, Yvonne Lisman-van Leeuwen, Janny H. Dekker
Article
Pediatrics
Gea A. Holtman, Yvonne Lisman-van Leeuwen, Andrew S. Day, Ulrika L. Fagerberg, Paul Henderson, Stevan T. Leach, Gori Perminow, David Mack, Patrick F. van Rheenen, Els van de Vijver, David C. Wilson, Johannes B. Reitsma, Marjolein Y. Berger
Article
Pediatrics
Jojanneke J. G. T. van Summeren, Gea A. Holtman, Yvonne Lisman-van Leeuwen, Lisa E. A. M. Louer, Alice H. C. van Ulsen-Rust, Karin M. Vermeulen, Boudewijn J. Kollen, Janny H. Dekker, Marjolein Y. Berger
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Gea A. Holtman, Yvonne Lisman-van Leeuwen, Boudewijn J. Kollen, Obbe F. Norbruis, Johanna C. Escher, Laurence C. Walhout, Angelika Kindermann, Yolanda B. de Rijke, Patrick F. van Rheenen, Marjolein Y. Berger
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Henk van der Worp, Petra Jellema, Ilse Hordijk, Yvonne Lisman-van Leeuwen, Lisa Korteschiel, Martijn G. Steffens, Marco H. Blanker
Article
Pediatrics
Jojanneke J. G. T. van Summeren, Gea A. Holtman, Boudewijn J. Kollen, Yvonne Lisman-van Leeuwen, Alice H. C. Van Ulsen-Rust, Merit M. Tabbers, Janny H. Dekker, Marjolein Y. Berger
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
(2020)
Article
Primary Health Care
Jojanneke J. G. T. van Summeren, Gea A. Holtman, Yvonne Lisman-van Leeuwen, Alice H. C. van Ulsen-Rust, Karin M. Vermeulen, Merit M. Tabbers, Boudewijn J. Kollen, Janny H. Dekker, Marjolein Y. Berger
Summary: This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness of adding physiotherapy to conventional treatment for children with functional constipation. The results showed that adding physiotherapy as first-line treatment for all children with FC is not cost-effective compared with conventional treatment alone.