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Identifying the sick child- will the NHSE PEWS score help us in primary care?

Identifying the sick child- will the NHSE PEWS score help us in primary care? image
Dr Laura Darby
5th November 2024

How do we identify a sick child?  Wouldn’t it be great if there was a handy scoring system that could accurately predict those at risk of serious illness who may need admission? Or just as importantly...

Sexually transmitted enteric infections – flushing out the facts.

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Dr Rachel Brettell
15th July 2024

Every year on the urgent care course there are a couple of topics that really get our delegates thinking– those ‘unknown unknowns’ that are both a bit surprising and slightly scary (when you think about...

Season's Greetings, and watch out for the Mycoplasma

Season's Greetings, and watch out for the Mycoplasma image
Dr Simon Curtis
21st December 2023

Like the World Cup and the Olympics, epidemic peaks of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections come around every four years. The last epidemic season in the UK was 2019/20 and the UK Health Security Agency UKHSA,...

Tick borne encephalitis

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Dr Laura Darby
18th May 2023

It’s a busy duty list and you have a call with a concerned parent. Anna has just returned from a seaside holiday in Dorset. Her 5 yr old son Alex has a low grade fever of 38C, and is a bit off colour....

What’s the point of point of care tests?

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Dr James Seddon
23rd March 2023

I remember, a good few years ago now, my GP trainer telling me that “GPST2 is about knocking the hospital out of you; not every patient needs a CRP.” She was, of course, absolutely correct. Now here I...

Chickenpox exposure in pregnancy – avoid rash mistakes

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Dr Rachel Brettell
16th March 2023

For most of us, when chickenpox strikes, it’s an itchy nuisance for the kids and a childcare headache for the grownups. But for pregnant women, as discussed here, it can result in life-threatening disease,...

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