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Pancreatitis (acute and chronic)
Pancreatitis: acute and chronic — the AU general practice guide
Acute pancreatitis diagnosis, severity grading, early fluids, enteral nutrition, and chronic pancreatitis management — Australian GP guide.
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Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and dyspepsia
GORD and dyspepsia: heartburn, reflux and indigestion in AU practice
GORD and functional dyspepsia — when lifestyle and PPIs are enough, when to test for H. pylori, and which symptoms need urgent investigation.
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Diverticular disease
Diverticular disease: the Australian general practice guide
What to do when your patient has diverticular disease — from incidental diverticulosis to acute diverticulitis — in Australian general practice.
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Functional constipation
Functional constipation: evidence-based management in AU general practice
Constipation affects ~14% of Australian adults. Evidence-based management: Rome IV criteria, laxative selection, investigation thresholds, and when to refer.
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Acute infectious gastroenteritis
Acute gastroenteritis: oral rehydration first, antibiotics rarely
Acute gastroenteritis — why rehydration is the treatment, when antibiotics matter, and the updated C. difficile guideline for AU general practice.
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Coeliac disease
Coeliac disease: diagnosis, gluten-free diet, and long-term monitoring in AU
Coeliac disease — the diagnostic pathway, why the gluten-free diet is lifelong, nutritional repletion, bone health, and GP monitoring in Australia.
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Helicobacter pylori infection
Helicobacter pylori: test-and-treat, eradication regimens, and confirming cure
H. pylori — who to test, which eradication regimen in 2026 given rising clarithromycin resistance, how to confirm cure, and when to refer.
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Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis)
Inflammatory bowel disease: diagnosis, treatment, and GP shared care in AU
IBD — how Crohn's and UC differ, the GP shared-care role, biologic and JAK inhibitor options, and what rising treatments mean for patients.
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Irritable bowel syndrome
IBS: low-FODMAP diet, gut-directed therapy, and pharmacotherapy — AU GP
Irritable bowel syndrome in Australian general practice — Rome IV criteria, Monash low-FODMAP diet, gut-directed therapy, pharmacotherapy, and red flags.
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Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
GORD (reflux): what works, what doesn't, when to investigate
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease — when to treat empirically, when to scope, deprescribing PPIs, lifestyle interventions, alarm features.