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Implementing guidelinesInterim guidance aims to reduce confusion around asthma management
Dr Sinan Eccles discusses how the interim All Wales guideline offers pragmatic advice to primary care to help address conflicts in current guidance for asthma
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Pregnancy and rheumatic diseases: best practice and prescribing considerations
Professor Ian Giles and Professor Caroline Gordon describe best practice in the care of women of child-bearing age with inflammatory rheumatic diseases before, during, and after pregnancy
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Acne vulgaris: manage patient expectations and optimise treatment
Dr Kash Bhatti and Dr Bruce Pollock summarise the recently updated PCDS pathway on acne vulgaris and outline what to consider when managing the condition
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People with tinnitus need continuing information and support
Dr Emma Dickson explores the range of possible impacts tinnitus can have on individuals and outlines NICE guidance on assessing and managing this common condition
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Type 2 diabetes: maintain glycaemic control to prevent complications
Dr Samuel Seidu and Professor Kamlesh Khunti discuss the recommendations of the Primary Care Diabetes Europe position statement on the management of type 2 diabetes
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Treating allergic rhinitis helps improve asthma symptoms
Dr Glenis Scadding describes an algorithm that summarises how to actively manage allergic rhinitis to improve symptoms in people with asthma
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Osteoporosis: target treatment on the basis of fracture risk
Dr David Stephens summarises new recommendations from the updated SIGN guideline on the management of osteoporosis and prevention of fragility fractures
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GINA asthma strategy: what’s new for 2020?
Dr Mark L Levy highlights updated recommendations on asthma therapy from the 2020 Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) report and signposts resources for online learning
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COVID-19: managing symptoms in the community
Dr Toni Hazell discusses the recommendations from NICE about managing COVID-19 symptoms in the community, including cough, fever, breathlessness, and delirium
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COVID-19 respiratory guidelines: implications for primary care
Dr Kevin Gruffydd-Jones highlights common themes and important considerations from NICE COVID-19 rapid guidelines on severe asthma, pneumonia, and COPD
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Infective skin conditions: when is it appropriate to prescribe an antibiotic?
Dr Caroline Ward summarises updated NICE guidance on assessing and prescribing for impetigo, cellulitis and erysipelas, leg ulcer infection, and diabetic foot infections in primary care
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Diagnose and treat pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in diabetes
Dr Kate Millar and Professor Michael Cummings present a summary of guidance that aims to help practitioners to identify and manage pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in people with diabetes
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Actinic keratosis: PCDS updates guidance on primary care management
Dr Kash Bhatti highlights recent updates to the PCDS pathway on actinic keratosis and considerations when assessing and managing this common condition
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Venous thromboembolism in adults: NICE updates
Dr Frances Akor and Professor Terry McCormack discuss the updated NICE guideline on VTE, focusing on recommendations that are relevant to primary care
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Diabetes: adapt management to account for cardiovascular disease risk
Professor Peter J Grant and Professor Francesco Cosentino highlight the key recommendations from the 2019 ESC/EASD guideline on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and CVD
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What indicators can help to predict future risk of asthma attacks?
Dr Sinan Eccles discusses the new recommendations from the 2019 BTS/SIGN asthma guideline, including updated advice about monitoring asthma
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The new BSG guideline on inflammatory bowel disease and the role of the GP
Dr Kevin Barrett reviews the 2019 inflammatory bowel disease guideline from the British Society of Gastroenterology, and distils essential information for primary care
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Hidradenitis suppurativa: early recognition improves prognosis
Dr Fiona Collier provides an overview of the identification, assessment, and management of hidradenitis suppurativa in primary care, in line with the latest BAD guideline
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New standards for IBD aim to improve patient experience and outcomes
Dr Kevin Barrett and Jackie Glatter discuss how the new IBD Standards encourage a patient-centred framework for safe, consistent, high quality, personalised care
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Inflammatory bowel disease: NICE updates advice on remission
Sarah Cripps highlights key learning points from the updated NICE recommendations on the management of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
