[log in to unmask],Net wrote at 13:57 on 18/12/98
about "Re: Taking tempertures":
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>No, it does not often alter management but now it literally takes 5
>second I happily do it. Also I think many parents 'expect' it and find
>our disinterest in temps difficult to understand. Therefore temp taken
=
>more thorough examination in parents view = more chance of persuading
>parents of my suggested management.
>It avoids the scenario "he hardly examined her. He didn't even take
>her temperature"
I expect parents to have taken the child's temperature as part of
their decision whether further advice is required.
It should be recorded that my expectation frequently proves to have
been optimistic.
I agree that making an objective measurement is helpful when
advising that the best course of action is observation rather than
antibiotic.
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