Symptomatic effect of inhaled fenoterol in acute bronchitis: a placebo-controlled double-blind study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some studies have demonstrated an association between poor continuity of care, high likelihood of 'inappropriate' use of emergency departments (EDs) and avoidable hospitalization. However, we lack data concerning primary care use after an ED visit. OBJECTIVE:Identify the determinants of a visit to the gener...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Rotival J,Yordanov Y,Thiebaud PC,Pelletier-Fleury N,Jacquet E,Debuc E,Pateron D,Naouri D

更新日期：2019-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper investigates sources of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction in general practice and identifies pressures and difficulties experienced by general practitioners in their work. The study revealed widespread job satisfaction based on three separate (but independent) aspects of general practice: clinical, psych...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Branthwaite A,Ross A

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent years have seen a growing recognition of the appropriateness of qualitative methods in family practice. This has been paralleled by an upsurge of interest in focus group discussions as a method. Drawing on the experience of using focus groups with general practice teams as one component of a multi-method study ...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Barbour RS

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An important pitfall of nutritional guidance in medical practice is how to deal with the prevention paradox: a nutritional advice that is good for the population as a whole is not necessarily proven effective for the individual patient. Evidence-based guidelines are needed to support GPs to translate these advices to ...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Drenthen AJ,Van Binsbergen JJ

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary physicians care for most patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), but data on their attitudes and knowledge about the disorder are limited to research in the UK. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of the present study was to assess US family practitioners' attitudes and knowledge about IBS and determine the...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Longstreth GF,Burchette RJ

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Complaints possibly caused by arrhythmias are frequently seen in general practice. It is unclear to what extent such complaints can differentiate between arrhythmias and other pathology in general practice. OBJECTIVES:We aimed to assess the value of symptoms (a) in diagnosing arrhythmias in general practice...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Zwietering PJ,Knottnerus JA,Rinkens PE,Kleijne MA,Gorgels AP

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we published data of a 2 year randomized controlled study in which the effects of continuous versus symptomatic bronchodilator treatment in patients with moderate asthma or chronic bronchitis were investigated. The results showed that FEV1 decline in the continuously treated group was significantly larger th...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： van Schayck CP,Folgering H,den Otter JJ,Tirimanna P,van Weel C

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 317 overweight men and 565 overweight women was compared with an age-matched normal control group of 444 men and 627 women in order to establish whether hypertension was more often recorded in the obese group. This was done by analysing the continuous morbidity registration of four general practices with a ...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Bakx JC,Seidell JC,Deurenberg P,van den Hoogen HJ

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adolescent pregnancy is an important health issue. Prevention programs are usually aimed at the prevention of repeat pregnancy, ignoring the adolescents at risk of becoming pregnant for the first time. OBJECTIVES:To analyse if socio-economic status, family type and mother's age at first pregnancy are risk f...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Santos MI,Rosário F

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:At the onset of the climacteric, healthy middle-aged women present with a variety of complaints, especially in general practice. In these first years of entering the menopause, vaginal blood loss alters from irregular periods to complete amenorrhoea. According to these different menstrual patterns, we can di...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Maartens LW,Leusink GL,Knottnerus JA,Smeets CG,Pop VJ

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:current treatments for chronic low back pain (LBP) appear to be inadequate and there are growing calls for new approaches. This study explores the paired interviews of shared experiences among chronic LBP patients and their physicians with the ultimate goal of improving doctor-patient communication and clini...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Allegretti A,Borkan J,Reis S,Griffiths F

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between hypoalbuminaemia and a new diagnosis of cancer is as yet unknown. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to assess whether unexplained hypoalbuminaemia was associated with an increased risk of subsequent new cancer diagnosis within the next 12 months. METHODS:A cohort study was performed using ...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Merriel SW,Carroll R,Hamilton F,Hamilton W

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Our objective was to evaluate the effect of training in a patient-centred intervention for GPs and practice nurses on outcomes for patients with Type II diabetes. METHODS:We carried out a randomized controlled trial within general practices as the basis for randomization and a before-and-after design for measures ...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Pill R,Stott NC,Rollnick SR,Rees M

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In many European countries, primary care surveillance networks play a role in public health surveillance. OBJECTIVES:To update an inventory of surveillance networks, to describe them and to report on their organization and function in a standardized way. To investigate whether and under what conditions thei...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Deckers JG,Paget WJ,Schellevis FG,Fleming DM

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emotional problems are an important component of general morbidity in primary care settings. Research on the sensitivity of primary care physicians to such problems is, however, scanty. This study examines the prevalence of emotional problems among 776 patients in primary care clinics in Israel using the GHQ-28 and as...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Shiber A,Maoz B,Antonovsky A,Antonovsky H

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We aimed to examine the factors that were most stressful for new principals in inner-city general practice. In addition, given the concerns about retention of new principals, to ascertain whether high perceived stress translated into regret that they had joined their practice and factors that might protect f...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Ashworth M,Armstrong D

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was performed to investigate the predictive value of casual blood pressure recordings for mortality in a geographically defined population (n = 1917), for which the primary health care services are responsible. Isotonic regression of blood pressure on age was used to define groups with low, medium an...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Lindholm L,Lanke J,Bengtsson B

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The time between experiencing symptoms and treatment in cancer diseases is a time of insecurity and despair. Brain tumour disease is a severe disease with dramatic manifestations and it is important that this time be kept as short as possible. METHODS:A consecutive sample of 28 patients with malignant gliom...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Salander P,Bergenheim AT,Hamberg K,Henriksson R

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:recruitment targets to randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are often not met. Many interventions are used to improve recruitment but there is little empirical evidence on whether these approaches work. OBJECTIVE:to examine whether changes to the design and conduct of a primary care-based RCT were associated...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Fletcher K,Mant J,Roalfe A,Hobbs FD

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the UK, policy changes in primary health care research and development have led to the establishment of primary care research networks. These organizations aim to increase research culture, capacity and evidence base in primary care. As publicly funded bodies, these networks need to be accountable. Organizational s...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Fenton E,Harvey J,Griffiths F,Wild A,Sturt J

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Little is known about respiratory tract infection (RTI) severity in children following consultation. Objectives:To investigate post-consultation symptom trajectories in children with acute cough and RTI and whether baseline characteristics predict trajectory group. Methods:Prospective cohort study of 2296 ...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Wensaas KA,Heron J,Redmond N,Turnbull S,Christensen H,Thornton H,Peters TJ,Blair PS,Hay AD

更新日期：2018-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Our aim was to determine the probability of correctly diagnosing urinary tract infections (UTIs) from urinary symptoms and signs, studying their sensitivity, specificity and likelihood ratio (LR) when clinical history, signs and reactive strip test results are taken into account. METHODS:An epidemiological ...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Medina-Bombardó D,Seguí-Díaz M,Roca-Fusalba C,Llobera J,dysuria team.

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Excessive prescription of antibiotics in patients with lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) is common in primary care and might be reduced by rapid point-of-care (POC) C-reactive protein (CRP) testing. However, the exact benefits of this test are unclear. OBJECTIVE:To review the available evidence for t...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Engel MF,Paling FP,Hoepelman AI,van der Meer V,Oosterheert JJ

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is often asymptomatic, and screening is not routinely undertaken. OBJECTIVE:Evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a population-based case finding program and to identify the enablers of and/or barriers to its implementation. METHODS:We conducted a cross-sectional study of a...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Ballesta-Ors J,Clua-Espuny JL,Gentille-Lorente DI,Lechuga-Duran I,Fernández-Saez J,Muria-Subirats E,Blasco-Mulet M,Lorman-Carbo B,Alegret JM

更新日期：2020-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines the notions of adverse events, error, critical incidents and safety from the specific viewpoint of primary care. We conclude that each term can be defined, but existing work which we reviewed uses many of the terms interchangeably. We recognise that trying to access medical error objectively within...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Jacobson L,Elwyn G,Robling M,Jones RT

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We aimed to describe the clinical and psycho-socio-familial features of patients with widespread chronic musculoskeletal pain (WCMP)/fibromyalgia (FM) in primary care settings. To detect differences and similarities between both 'entities'. METHODS:An observational study was carried out with a newcoming cli...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Ruiz Moral R,Muñoz Alamo M,Pérula de Torres L,Aguayo Galeote M

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A consulting method known as 'shared decision making' (SDM) has been described and operationalized in terms of several 'competences'. One of these competences concerns the discussion of the risks and benefits of treatment or care options-'risk communication'. Few data exist on clinicians' ability to acquire ...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Elwyn G,Edwards A,Hood K,Robling M,Atwell C,Russell I,Wensing M,Grol R,Study Steering Group.

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doctors in different countries completed a questionnaire relating to the importance they attributed to eight possible sources of information about a new drug, their estimation of patients' expectations of the doctor prescribing drugs under specific circumstances and their therapeutic response to common clinical genera...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Hull FM,Marshall T

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have suggested that the attitudes of health professionals towards people with disability may be as negative as those of society. Further, even positive attitudes may not always be reflected in the health professional's behaviour. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to examine GPs' (registra...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Muir EH,Ogden J

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mental health problems are underdiagnosed in general practice, primarily because they are often somatized and the patient reports only physical symptoms. These somatized symptoms are responsible for a large percentage of the frequent attenders in general practice. Palpitations are among those somatized symptoms. Here ...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Matalon A,Nachmani T,Rabin S,Maoz B

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00