Tools for primary care management of inflammatory bowel disease: Do they exist?

Table 1 Article summary

Title	Author	Country	Language	Journal	Year
Inflammatory bowel disease: A «survival kit» for general practitioners	Kesseler Brondolo et al[18]	Switzerland	French	Revue Medicale Suisse	2010
Clinical practice guideline on diagnosis and treatment of Crohn’s disease - summary for the general practitioner	Preiss et al[19]	Germany	German	Medizinische Klinik	2009
Production and evaluation of guidelines for the management of inflammatory bowel disease: The Leicester experience	Read et al[20]	United Kingdom	English	Postgraduate Medical Journal	1999
1Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for Crohn’s disease, integrated with formal consensus of experts in Japan	Ueno et al[21]	Japan	English	Journal of Gastroenterology	2013

¹Additional article found by supervised search with librarian.

Table 2 Comparison search of educational tools and guidelines for other chronic diseases

Title	Author	Country	Language	Journal	Year
Asthma
[Allergic asthma in adults: diagnosis and clinical management]	Allali et al[14]	Switzerland	French	Rev Med Suisse	2013
Guideline for the management of acute asthma in children: 2013 update	Kling et al[22]	South Africa	English	S Afr Med J	2013
[On general practitioners' care of patients with asthma]	Von Voshaar et al[23]	Germany	German	MMW Fortschr Med	2012
[Guidelines for “Asthma in children (ages 0-19)” for youth healthcare]	Breuning-Boers et al[24]	The Netherlands	Dutch	Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd	2012
An asthma action plan created by physician, educator and patient online collaboration with usability and visual design optimization	Gupta et al[25]	Canada	Asthma	Respiration	2012
[Management of acute asthma]	Saulnier et al[26]	France	French	Rev Mal Respir	2012
[Management of asthma in primary care medicine]	Pasche et al[27]	Switzerland	French	Rev Med Suisse	2010
Guideline for the management of chronic asthma in children--2009 update	Motala et al[28]	South Africa	English	S Afr Med J	2009
Development of an electronic pictorial asthma action plan and its use in primary care	Roberts et al[29]	United Kingdom	English	Patient Educ Couns	2010
[Asthma and pregnancy. Review of the current literature and management according to the GINA 2006-2007 guidelines]	Piette et al[30]	Belgium	French	Rev Mal Respir	2009
Summary of the 2008 BTS/SIGN British Guideline on the management of asthma	Levy et al[31]	United Kingdom	English	Prim Care Respir J	2009
Diabetes mellitus
[Practice guideline. Diagnosis and treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus][1]	Gil-Velázquez et al[15]	Mexico	Spanish	Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc	2013
Intensification of insulin therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: An algorithm for basal-bolus therapy	Abrahamson et al[32]	United States	English	Ann Med	2012
Managing chronic kidney disease in type 2 diabetes in family practice	Scott et al[33]	United States	English	J Natl Med Assoc	2011
Insulin management of type 2 diabetes mellitus	Petznick[34]	United States	English	Am Fam Physician	2011
Type 2 diabetes mellitus: practical approaches for primary care physicians	Gavin et al[35]	United States	English	J Am Osteopath Assoc	2011
Incretins: Clinical perspectives, relevance, and applications for the primary care physician in the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus	Unger[36]	United States	English	Mayo Clin Proc	2010
[Management of type 2 diabetes in 2010. Insulins and injectable drugs: Role of the general practitioner]	Renneboog[37]	Belgium	French	Rev Med Brux	2010
Type 1 diabetes in children - emergency management	Siafarikas et al[38]	Australia	English	Aust Fam Physician	2010
Type 2 diabetes: An expanded view of pathophysiology and therapy	Unger et al[39]	United States	English	Postgrad Med	2010
Practical guidance to insulin management	Meneghini et al[40]	United States	English	Prim Care Diabetes	2010
Congestive cardiac failure
Management of heart failure	Krum et al[16]	Australia	English	Med J Aust	2013
Effective strategies to improve the management of heart failure	Mills et al[41]	United States	English	Prim Care	2012
End stage heart failure patients - palliative care in general practice	Davidson et al[42]	Australia	English	Aust Fam Physician	2010
Echocardiography in heart failure - a guide for general practice	Prior and Coller[43]	Australia	English	Aust Fam Physician	2010
Heart failure management - a team based approach	Stewart[44]	Australia	English	Aust Fam Physician	2010
Chronic heart failure - management in general practice	Charles[45]	Australia	English	Aust Fam Physician	2010
1st national guideline for chronic heart failure. Essential responsibilities for the family practitioner	Aumiller[46]	Germany	German	MMW Fortschr Med	2010

Table 3 Articles relating to disease management “action plans”

Chronic disease	Articles identified following search	Remaining articles following title screen
Asthma	278	50
Congestive cardiac failure	7	0
Diabetes	49	0
Inflammatory bowel disease	1	0

Table 4 Health issues potentially addressed by primary care physicians

Management of non-IBD related illnesses

Monitoring/treating IBD related compilations

Osteoporosis

Iron deficiency

Cardiovascular disease

Cancer

Preventative medicine

Vaccinations

Pap smears

Quit smoking

Skin checks (associated non-melanoma skin cancer risk with thiopurine use)

Addressing psychosocial confounding factors

Sexual health

Reproductive health

Psychological health

Medication compliance

Prompt recognition of IBD relapse and/or acute severe colitis

IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease.