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The difference the system makes. 制度带来的不同。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Australian Journal of General Practice Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.31128/AJGP-09-24-7413
Ashvini Munindradasa, Kirsty Douglas
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Online teaching materials and medical student impressions of general practice: Lots of rules and guidelines? 在线教材和医学生对全科实践的印象：大量的规则和指导方针？
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Australian Journal of General Practice Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.31128/AJGP-05-24-7253
Nancy Sturman, Ben Mitchell, Rhys Cameron, Hayley Thomas, Michaela Kelly, David King
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The Culture Map: Decoding how people think, lead, and get things done across cultures. 文化地图：解读人们如何在不同文化中思考、领导和完成工作。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Australian Journal of General Practice Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.31128/AJGP-09-24-7410
Marisa Magiros, Catherine Casey
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Bariatric surgery. 减肥手术。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Australian Journal of General Practice Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.31128/AJGP-10-24-7432
Hamish Shilton
{"title":"Bariatric surgery.","authors":"Hamish Shilton","doi":"10.31128/AJGP-10-24-7432","DOIUrl":"10.31128/AJGP-10-24-7432","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In 2023, 15,985 primary bariatric operations were performed in Australia, with sleeve gastrectomy (SG) accounting for 80% of cases. Bariatric surgery offers better long-term weight loss and comorbidity resolution compared with any other treatments, with low morbidity and mortality rates.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This paper evaluates the efficacy, indications, outcomes and long-term considerations of bariatric surgery. It compares the current surgical procedures, SG, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and one-anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB), along with alternative weight-loss treatments, focusing on the important aspects for an Australian general practitioner.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Bariatric surgery remains the most effective treatment for people with obesity, initially achieving 30% total weight loss (TWL) with sustained long-term outcomes. Both SG and RYGB show similar TWL rates at five years (23.7% vs 27.2%). Complication rates are low (1.5-4.8%), and surgery significantly improves or resolves comorbidities, particularly diabetes. Endoscopic and pharmacological treatments are emerging alternatives but lack the long-term efficacy of surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":54241,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of General Practice","volume":"54 4","pages":"202-206"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Contemporary issues involving obesity and weight management. 当代问题涉及肥胖和体重管理。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Australian Journal of General Practice Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.31128/AJGP-04-25-1234e
Chris Dickie
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Overall medicine burden for people on lipid-lowering therapy: Cross-sectional analysis of national pharmacy dispensing data. 接受降脂治疗的人的总体药物负担：国家药房调剂数据的横断面分析。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Australian Journal of General Practice Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.31128/AJGP-02-24-7168
Sally Dunbar, Danny Liew, Jenni Ilomaki, Stella Talic
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Pharmacotherapy for the management of overweight and obesity. 治疗超重和肥胖的药物疗法。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Australian Journal of General Practice Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.31128/AJGP-09-24-7411
Patrice Forner, Samantha Hocking
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The puzzle of medicine: Insights from a case of intravascular lymphoma. 医学的谜题：从一例血管内淋巴瘤的见解。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Australian Journal of General Practice Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.31128/AJGP-09-24-7412
Jie Gu, Yanyan Huang
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April 2025 correspondence. 2025年4月通信。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Australian Journal of General Practice Pub Date : 2025-04-01
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Fatigue and chronic anaemia: Could it be VEXAS syndrome? 疲劳和慢性贫血：可能是VEXAS综合征吗？
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Australian Journal of General Practice Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.31128/AJGP-02-24-7158
Natalie S Lee, Tim Y Lu
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