>
>Toby Lipman replied:
>
>I NEVER do a PR on a suspected case of appendicitis. It's a
>TO>waste of time and unnecessary humiliation for the patient.
>
>And I almost never take the temperature either......
>
>The decision to admit (or not) is usually obvious and if not,
>more likely to be revealed by seeing the patient again in a
>few hours.
>
>And don't you just love those hosp docs who want to know over
>the phone the temp and PR findings .....!
do they need education...? If I have a patient with severe abdominal
pain,sweats and rigors, I am going to get him/her/it into hospital ..
regardless of PR *or*temperature - or even of hosp docs :-)
Mary
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