NZ GP Practice Review Issue 14

In this issue:
– Management of community acquired pneumonia
– What to do about recurrent urinary tract infections
– Diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep apnoea in adults
– Smoking cessation after treatment failure
– What helps and what hinders antidepressant discontinuation?
– Association between 8 health metrics and cardiovascular events
– Plant-based diets and CKD progression and all-cause mortality
– Medicines containing pseudoephedrine approved and available
– Levetiracetam injection funded for people experiencing seizures in the community
– Timeframe for continuous glucose monitors delayed
– Budget 2024: funding welcomed but insufficient
– Pertussis cases increasing
– Immunisation Handbook v2 available
– Chief Executive of RNZCGP announced