Referral patterns and utilization of physiotherapy services following a one-time physiotherapist consultation in general practice

Physiotherapist, physiotherapy and liver transplantation

Tests such as the measurement of maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP) and maximal expiratory pressure (MEP) may determine lung function and outline the lung risk present before a liver transplant.3 The measurement of maximal respiratory (aqui faltou algo: capacity?) quantifies the degree of respiratory muscle weakness in patients with dyspnea, respiratory failure, malnutrition, and neuromuscular ...

Differences in treatment regimes, consultation frequency and referral patterns of diabetes mellitus in general practice in five European countries.

BACKGROUND In many European countries, maturity onset diabetes mellitus (DM) is to a large extent managed in general practice. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to compare management of DM in general practice in five European countries in order to contribute to international guidelines on the management of DM by GPs. METHODS Routine monitoring of patients presenting with DM was performed during a 12 mo...

Social class consultation patterns in rural general practice.

Organising a physiotherapy service in general practice.

This paper describes three years' experience of running a domiciliary physiotherapy service based on general practice and financed by limited voluntary funds.The need arose from the remoteness of, and lack of, open access to, hospital physiotherapy. This was particularly so for elderly patients who were often frail and mentally confused. In addition there were obvious advantages in properly ins...

The consultation in general practice.

TODAY is a stimulating time for general practice because, more than ever before, doctors and related workers are thinking how this branch of medicine must progress and develop in the next few years. There are those who are sceptical of any need for change, and yet we imagine very few general practitioners are entirely satisfied with the state of affairs as it exists today. And if we are not sat...