Top 10 clinical articles on GPonline.com

22 December 2010

The 10 most-read clinical features from GPonline.com in the past 12 months

Our clinical review on shingles is the most-read clinical feature (Photograph: SPL)

GPonline.com gathers the list of the 10 most-read clinical articles on the website amongst all healthcare professionals between January 2010 and December 2010.

Top 10 clinical articles on GPonline.com
1.	The Basics - Shingles The shingles rash may resemble contact dermatitis or impetigo, explains Dr Judy Duckworth.
2.	Top Tips in Psoriasis Mild psoriasis is fairly easy to treat in most patients and usually needs a combination of emollients and topical vitamin D analogues and/or topical steroid.
3.	Streptococcal infections Streptococcal infections commonly presented in GP surgery.
4.	Children's faces Common facial conditions presented in GP surgery
5.	Paediatric medicine - Tonsillitis in children There is confusion surrounding the term 'tonsillitis', say Mr Noweed Ahmad and Mr Maurice Hawthorne.
6.	Healthy lifestyle measures for patients at risk of coronary heart disease Cardiovascular disease (CVD), comprising coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke remains the main cause of death in the UK.
7.	Clinical Review - Bronchiectasis Contributed by Dr Ailsa Sita-Lumsden, ST2 in respiratory medicine and Dr Robert Wilson, director of respiratory medicine and associate medical director, Royal Brompton Hospital, London
8.	Clinical Review: Abdominal wall hernias Contributed by Mr Joe Dawson, specialist registrar in general surgery, North East Thames.
9.	Clinical Review - Abdominal pain in pregnancy Abdominal pain is one of the most common symptoms in pregnancy.
10.	Clinical Review: Raised ferritin Over the last decade the mechanisms responsible for the regulation of iron metabolism have become increasingly clear.