A Necessary Deepening in Researching about non Transmissible Diseases by Raidel González Rodríguez

“…Non transmissible diseases represent one of the most important challenges for the sanitary systems, particularly at the primary health care level. They have resulted in an increment in the incidence of patients, steady increase of its associated mortality and disability, so as a determining factor in economic costs, admissions and medical treatment. …”
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Prehospital care for ovarian cancer in Catalonia: could we do better in primary care? Retrospective cohort study by Mercè Marzo-Castillejo, Josep M Borras, Carmen Vela-Vallespín, Paula Manchon‐Walsh, Luisa Aliste

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The clinical method in the practice of family medicine by Roberto Álvarez Sintes

“…This article presents some considerations on the application of the clinical method in primary health care and justifies its importance and particularities. …”
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Patient-sharing networks among Finnish primary healthcare professionals taking care of patients with mental health or substance use problems: a register study by Christian Hakulinen, Marko Elovainio, Jaana Suvisaari, Timo Sinervo, Laura Hietapakka, Visa Väisänen, Ripsa Niemi, Mai Gutvilig, Outi Linnaranta

“…We examined the patient-sharing networks between different professionals taking care of patients with mental health or substance use problems.Design Register study based on the Register of Primary Health Care visits (Avohilmo) that covers all outpatient primary health care visits in Finland.Setting We used the register data covering the visits for the service providers of seven municipalities, adult patients with at least one visit to a health and social service centre within one of the municipalities and visits during the year 2021.Participants We first selected patients with mental health or substance use problems based on psychiatric diagnoses and information on service type and then identified the professionals (N=1566) visited. …”
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Body Fat and Weight Gain in Pregnant Women of Adequate Weight by Oscar Cañizares Luna, Nélida Sarasa Muñoz, Calixto Orozco Muñoz

“…Assessing the nutritional status of pregnant women, based on the body mass index, is a systematic practice in primary health care institutions in Cuba. Its results have contributed to a significant reduction in maternal and child morbidity and mortality and to the increase in the population's quality of life. …”
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Infectious and Noninfectious Granulomatosis in Patient with Multiple Sclerosis: Diagnostic Dilemmas and Followup by Jelena Paovic, Predrag Paovic, Vojislav Sredovic

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Traditional Indian Medicines Used for the Management of Diabetes Mellitus by Syed Ibrahim Rizvi, Neetu Mishra

“…According to the World Health Organization, up to 90% of population in developing countries use plants and its products as traditional medicine for primary health care. There are about 800 plants which have been reported to show antidiabetic potential. …”
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Basic professional skills of the General Comprehensive Doctor: A methodological assessment approach in Cienfuegos. by María Aurelia San Juan Bosch

“…The subject of continuous preparation of human resources in Primary Health Care is presently a high priority challenge of National Health Sector. …”
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Neurological and psychiatric symptoms caused by congenital venous anomaly: clinical case and literature review by M. Gataveckaitė, R. Burbienė, R. Mameniškienė

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Elevated resting heart rate in adolescent men and risk of heart failure and cardiomyopathy by Martin Lindgren, Josefina Robertson, Martin Adiels, Maria Schaufelberger, Maria Åberg, Kjell Torén, Margda Waern, N. David Åberg, Annika Rosengren

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Syndrome of Reduced Sensitivity to Thyroid Hormones: Two Case Reports and a Literature Review by Anastasios Anyfantakis, Dimitrios Anyfantakis, Irene Vourliotaki

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Diabetes mellitus: Manejo en la atención primaria de salud by Rubén Darío García Múñez, Alfredo Darío Espinosa Brito

“…Evidences related to the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of this disease in the primary health care were also reviewed, as well as interactions with other medical specialties in order to provide a quality service to these patients.…”
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Non Transmissible Chronic Diseases: Current Magnitude and Future Trends by Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés, Melissa Serra Ruíz, Marleny Viera García

“…The importance of these elements should be taken into consideration from the personnel in training, the need to set present and future strategies to guarantee the health of our population, mainly from the primary health care attention and organizations linked to them. …”
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Automatic Cardioversor-desfibrillator Implantable to a Patient with Recovered Sudden Death by Magdiel Echazabal Leal, Ernesto Pérez Martínez, Raiko Cruz Sosa

“…Currently its indication has been extended to the primary health care of patients with severe structural cardiopathies and high risk of ventricular arrhythmia. …”
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Time to Treat the Climate and Nature Crisis as One Indivisible Global Health Emergency by Kamran Abbasi, Parveen Ali, Virginia Barbour, Thomas Benfield, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Stephen Hancocks, Richard Horton, Laurie Laybourn-Langton, Robert Mash, Peush Sahni, Wadeia Mohammad Sharief, Paul Yonga, Chris Zielinski

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Using Primary Care Parenting Interventions to Improve Outcomes in Children with Developmental Disabilities: A Case Report by Cassandra L. Tellegen, Matthew R. Sanders

“…Such brief interventions are cost effective, can be widely disseminated, and have been designed to be delivered within primary health care settings. Pediatricians can play a key role in identifying parents in need of assistance and in helping them access evidence-based parenting interventions.…”
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Predictive Value of Cardiovascular Global Risk Calculation by Cynthia Morales Pérez, Milagros Lisset León Regal, Rosmari Álvarez Hernández, Yudith Brito Pérez de Corcho, José Omar de Armas García, Alejandro Muñoz Morales

“…Risk mobility prediction has been an essential element in preventive clinical guidelines for these diseases and has become a useful tool for the family doctor, to set priorities in primary health care, which will allow making progress in studying complex associations that may impact cardiovascular risk.…”
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EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGNS: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND BIG DATA by Yvonne Oshevwe Okoro, Oluwatoyin Ayo-Farai, Chinedu Paschal Maduka, Chiamaka Chinaemelum Okongwu, Olamide Tolulope Sodamade

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Family’s Health-Strategy in Brazil: An Analysis of its Applicability by Luiz Antonucci, Maria das Dores de Loreto, Amelia Bifano, Edna Miranda, Diego Procópio

“…The research was carried out in a Primary Health Care Unit (UAPS by its Spanish acronym), where a documentary analysis of the ESF criteria was held through direct non-participatory observation, self-confrontation interviews and the study of social networks mobilized by professionals and users of this Unity. …”
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Tuberculosis Infection Mimicking Brain Metastatic Malignancy Lesions in an Elderly Male by Dimitrios Anyfantakis, Ageliki Damianaki, Maria Kokosi, Emmanouil K. Symvoulakis, Serafim Kastanakis

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