at Scarborough this week we have picked up an ectopic, an
appendicitis and a serious facial cellulitis
all diagnosed as swine flu and given tamiflu by the help
line.
Andy
On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:13:13 +0100
Coats Tim - Professor of Emergency Medicine
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On the serious point underlying our delightfully
>playful, and of course
> always tongue in cheek, banter - is there enough
>evidence /concern about
> missed severe bacterial infections that we should be
>suggesting to our
> Colleges that their flu guidance be changed to reflect
>concern about
> missing SBI? I know of two infants with missed SBI, and
>one young adult
> with a missed meningitis. Could we do a straw poll - is
>it something
> that we are all seeing?
> Tim.
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From: Accident and Emergency Academic List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jel
>Coward
> Sent: 30 July 2009 17:05
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: misdiagnosed flu
>
> Victor Calland wrote:
>> I've been quiet on this site for a long time, mind you
>>so have you
>> lot! The idea of blunderbuss GP baiting though is enough
>>to make me
>> contribute.
>>
> Agree with Vic.
>
> Nothing like a new challenge to bring on the 'slag off
>the GPs, slag off
> the hospital docs' wheelspin.
>
> --
> Jel
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