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Anthea Ng

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PubMed2006

Management of psychosis in Australian general practice.

The BEACH program, a continuous national study of general practice activity in Australia, gives us an overview of consultations involving the management of psychoses. In this analysis we have included schizophrenia, affective disorders/bipolar, organic psychoses, and senile psychoses, with undefined psychosis and chronic brain syndrome grouped as 'other'. This synopsis provides a backdrop against which the theme articles in this issue of Australian Family Physician can be further considered.

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PubMed2006

GI malignancies in Australian general practice.

The BEACH program, a continuous national study of general practice activity in Australia, gives us an overview of consultations involving the management of gastrointestinal (GI) malignancy. In this analysis we have included all bowel cancers; upper GI malignancies (stomach, oesophagus); and 'other' which include carcinomas of the liver, gall bladder, pancreas, tongue and parotid gland. This synopsis provides a backdrop against which the theme articles in this issue of Australian Family Physician can be further considered.

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PubMed2006

Management of type 2 diabetes in Australian general practice.

The BEACH program, a continuous national study of general practice activity in Australia, gives us an overview of type 2 diabetes management in Australian general practice. Terms used by the general practitioner participants included in this analysis were: type 2 diabetes, noninsulin dependent diabetes, diabetes mellitus, adult onset diabetes, and insulin treated type 2 diabetes. This provides a backdrop against which the articles in this issue of Australian Family Physician can be further considered.

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PubMed2005

Management of cardiovascular conditions in Australian general practice.

The BEACH program, a continuous national study of general practice activity in Australia, gives us an analysis of the management of cardiovascular conditions in general practice. This provides a backdrop against which articles in this issue of Australian Family Physician can be further considered.

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PubMed2005

Presentations of shortness of breath in Australian general practice.

The BEACH program, a continuous national study of general practice activity in Australia, gives us an overview of the consultations in general practice involving a patient presentation of shortness of breath. This provides a backdrop against which articles in this issue of Australian Family Physician can be further considered.

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PubMed2005

Presentations of headache in Australian general practice.

The BEACH program, a continuous national study of general practice activity in Australia, gives us an overview of the consultations in general practice involving a patient presentation of "headache". Patient reasons for encounter specified as migraine, cluster, vascular or tension headaches were not included in the analysis. This provides a backdrop against which articles in this issue of Australian Family Physician can be further considered.

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PubMed2005

Management of growth delay in patients aged less than 6 years.

The BEACH program, a continuous national study of general practice activity in Australia, gives us an overview of consultations in general practice involving the management of growth delay. "Growth delay" encompasses physical problems such as "failure to thrive" and "delayed physical development" in infants and children. Over 80% of encounters at which growth delay was managed were with patients aged less than 6 years, so we have concentrated our analysis on this early childhood group. This provides a backdrop against which articles in this issue of Australian Family Physician can be further considered.

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PubMed2005

Management of renal problems in Australian general practice.

The BEACH program, a continuous national study of general practice activity in Australia, gives us an overview of consultations involving the management of renal problems. In this analysis, we have included renal failure, glomerulonephritis/nephrosis (all forms of nephritis and nephrotic syndrome), renal insufficiency, nephropathy (including diabetic and analgesic), and uraemia and nephrosclerosis grouped as 'other'. This synopsis provides a backdrop against which articles in this issue of Australian Family Physician can be further considered.

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PubMed2005

Management of epilepsy in general practice patients.

The BEACH program, a continuous national study of general practice activity in Australia, gives us an overview of consultations in general practice involving the management of epilepsy. Participating general practitioners recorded the problem as 'epilepsy' in 90% of cases, while 'grand mal' was specified at about 4% of encounters and 'temporal lobe' and 'petit mal' were each specified at about 1% of encounters.

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PubMed2004

Current status of hormone therapy in general practice in Australia.

The BEACH program is a continuous national study of general practice activity in Australia. The subject of this analysis was all problems for which a hormone therapy years (HT) medication was prescribed or supplied at HT encounters with women aged 40 and over between March 2002 and April 2004. This provides a backdrop against which the theme articles in this issue of Australian Family Physician can be further considered.

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EPC encounters in Australian general practice.

The BEACH program, a continuous national study of general practice activity in Australia, gives us an overview of the content of Enhanced Primary Care (EPC) encounters in Australian general practice. The EPC program was introduced on 1 November 1999, and contained three major aspects of care--health assessments, care plans and case conferences.

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