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"Topics in Primary Care Medicine" presents articles on common diagnostic or therapeutic problems (such as dizziness, pruritus, insomnia, shoulder pain and urinary tract infections) encountered in primary care practice that generally do not fall into well-defined subspecialty areas and are rarely discussed thoroughly in medical school, house staff training, textbooks and journals. Often the pathophysiology is poorly understood and clinical trials to assess the effectiveness of diagnostic tests or therapies may be lacking. Nevertheless, these problems confront practitioners with practical management questions. The articles in this series discuss new tests and therapies and suggest reasonable approaches even when definitive studies are not available. Each article has several general references for suggested further reading. We hope this new series will be of interest and we welcome comments, criticisms and suggestions.
《基层医疗医学专题》刊载的文章涉及基层医疗实践中常见的诊断或治疗问题（如头晕、瘙痒、失眠、肩痛和尿路感染），这些问题通常不属于明确界定的亚专业领域，在医学院校、住院医师培训、教科书和期刊中也很少得到深入讨论。这些问题的病理生理学往往了解不足，可能也缺乏评估诊断测试或治疗效果的临床试验。尽管如此，这些问题给从业者带来了实际的管理难题。本系列文章讨论了新的测试和治疗方法，并在尚无确凿研究的情况下提出了合理的方法。每篇文章都有若干推荐的进一步阅读的参考文献。我们希望这个新系列会受到关注，欢迎大家提出意见、批评和建议。
