In a message dated 19/12/98 18:22:35 GMT, Julian wrote:
<< Can anyone offer specific examples of situations where taking a temp. is
clinically useful? >>
Abdominal pain. Especially low grade lower abdo. pain that's been present a
couple of days. Normal temp. and pulse very reassuring whereas the opposite
would make me inclined to think that there was possibly something significant
going on.
Also loin pain with a fever suggests a significant upper UTI that it's
important to treat promptly.
It's always supportive rather than evidence which is freestanding in its own
right - but then just about every clinical sign has to be interpreted in the
light of the history and the whole picture - doesn't it?
Robert Upshall
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