...Vladimir Milivojevic; Ivan Rankovic; Miodrag N. Krstic; Tomica Milosavljevic Background: The purpose of this review is to take a deep dive into general problems and challenges of diagnosis and treatment of patients with symptoms of dyspepsia in primary care practice. Summary: Primary care...

... <12.0 g/dL in women and <13.0 g/dL in men. This review of clinical practice aimed to determine the diagnostic approach to anemia in primary care patients. Summary: Nutritional deficiencies, medications, chronic inflammatory conditions, malignancy, renal dysfunction, and bone marrow and inherent...

... in the upcoming years. Summary: Abnormal liver blood tests are one of the most common challenges encountered in the primary care setting. The prevalence of mildly elevated transaminase levels is around 10–20% in the general population. The most common causes for the rising burden of liver disease are nonalcoholic...

...A. Pali Hungin Background: Primary care is normally the initial point of presentation and management of patients with chronic constipation (CC). CC has a prevalence of 3–27%, predominantly amongst females and in the older population, and is associated with a reduced quality of life. Effective...

...László Herszényi A primary care management strategy of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) should pay attention to the epidemiology, prevalence, and distribution of reflux-like symptoms in the community and to the special characteristics of patients presenting for the first time with reflux...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Helicobacter pylori infection Family physician Residency trainee Primary care Eradication therapy Stomach and Duodenum: Research Article Dig Dis 2019;37:434 443 DOI: 10.1159/000500243 Received: January 10, 2019 Accepted...

... tools for evaluation of GERD. Aim: We aimed to test validity and reliability of Malay language translations of GERDQ and QOLRAD in a primary care setting. Methods: The questionnaires were first translated into the Malay language (GERDQ-M and QOLRAD-M). Patients from primary care clinics with suspected...

... therefore investigated as to how often patients on NSAIDs in the primary care setting must be expected to develop troublesome dyspepsia and/or ulcers in the upper gastrointestinal tract. Patients and Methods: Admitted to the study were consecutive patients requiring NSAID treatment for at least 2 weeks, who...

...A. Pali S. Hungin; Greg P. Rubin Primary care remains at the frontline of care for most patients and the need to contain healthcare costs has led to a re-evaluation of the divide between primary and secondary care. Dyspepsia has a community prevalence of 25–50%, and forms 5% of the primary care...