- Missed opportunities in Lifestyle interventionsShow More
This study highlights very well the missed opportunities for intervening in primary care and focuses on pharmacotherapy, as current data recording allows this to be measured more easily than monitoring advice and impact of advice given on lifestyle interventions. In general practice, there is a risk that we become "pharmaceutical physicians" and are measured on our prescription data and BP recordings. There is a range of...
Competing Interests: None declared. - Training in Preventive CardiologyShow More
The two articles in the January issue of the BJGP highlight important aspects of management of cardiovascular disease prevention.
Missed opportunities in prevention of CVD in primary care - a comprehensive study(1) demonstrated the scope for improvement in assessment and treatment for prevention of CVD. Only one-third of all patients in the study were receiving optimal treatment.
Effectiveness of general...
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