Tribalism: The real enemy in healthcare
FOAM4GP Map – Testosterone replacement – Are you man enough?
Roll up Roll up! Welcome one and all. Do YOU want increased muscle mass, sharper memory, better concentration, much stronger libido, harder erections? Do you want to stop ageing, have more energy, cure depression, and also solve world hunger? Then Testosterone therapy could be for you! Or is it? We commonly see testosterone discussed in…
FOAM4GP Map – Grumbly Grommets
Clinical Case: “Doctor, I want to have a referral to an ENT. Sophie keeps getting ear infections and I was told by a friend that grommets will help.” I get questions like these (or similar) quite regularly as there seems to be quite a push from local GPs to refer to ENT early for grommets.…
FOAM4GP Map – Scaphoid Fractures. Thumbing through the research.
Clinical Case A 16yo M presents after falling forwards off a skateboard onto a R outstretched hand (FOOSH). He describes immediate pain in the wrist and some mild swelling. Presents to my clinic the next morning with mild swelling of the wrist. On examination he had a generally tender wrist all over with no obvious…
FOAM4GP Map – Paediatric Fever Phobia
Clinical Case – Paediatric fever from an Australian General Practice perspective: Thursday afternoon – second last patient of the day. The parents bring in a tired looking 5yo M missing two front teeth and carrying a rather moth eaten teddy bear (not prognostic). The parents look worn out and significantly anxious. You shake hands and…
FOAM4GP Map – To Statin or not to Statin? – That is the question.
Statin Confusion! I am questioning my statin prescribing and need to be able to justify what I am doing with my patients (which I should have been able to anyway but Catalyst has brought this to the fore – Link). I feel I have been doing a medical practice which I was taught, without fully…
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