Diagnosis of Painful Affection in Primary Care

Diagnosis in Primary Care

The Nurse Practitioner • January 2007 43 ung cancer is currently the most fatal malignancy in the world. More individuals die from lung cancer than breast, colorectal, and prostate cancers combined. And because of poor survival rates, the incidence of lung cancer mimics its mortality rates. The 5-year survival rate for lung cancer remains a grim 14%, and 90% of lung cancer patients eventually s...

Assessing the painful, uninflamed eye in primary care.

1Section of Immunity, Infection and Inflammation, Division of Applied Medicine, University of Aberdeen, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK; 2Ocular Immunology Program, Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Western Australia, Western Australia, 6009 Australia; and Centre for Experimental Immunology, Lions Eye Institute, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia; 3Aca...

Cancer diagnosis in primary care.

Around a quarter of those in the developed world die of cancer. Most cancers present to primary care with symptoms, even when there is a screening test for the particular cancer. However, the symptoms of cancer are also symptoms of benign disease, and the GP has to judge whether cancer is a possible explanation. Very little research examined this process until relatively recently. This review p...

Headache Diagnosis In Primary Care

Introduction: Doctors in primary care are responsible for diagnosing and managing patients with headache, but frequently lack confidence in doing so. We aimed to compare Family Practitioners’ (FPs) diagnosis of headaches to classification based on a symptom questionnaire, and to describe how classification links to other important clinical features. Methods: This was an observational study of p...

Delayed Diagnosis of Cancer in Primary Care