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Immigrant health - acute presentations
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with fever. Other health screening should be completed in the outpatient setting An interpreter is usually … considerations in refugee children Links Fever Viral infections Bacterial infections Malaria (endemic areas …
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Anticholinergic Syndrome
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": Fever "Red as a beet:" Flushed skin "Blind as a bat": Mydriasis "Dry as a bone": Dry mouth, dry … mouth and skin Fever Agitated delirium Urinary retention Hypertension Hyperthermia CNS depression / coma …
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Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
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and pelvic pain (usually dull), fever, vaginal discharge, abnormal vaginal bleeding, uterine/cervical/adnexal … to tolerate to oral treatment regimen, severe illness/nausea/vomiting/high fever, tubo-ovarian abscess … inguinal lymphadenopathy Secondary infection (incubation 2-24 weeks): fever, malaise, skin rash …
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Acute otitis media
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ear pain (irritability in pre-verbal children) Fever Loss of appetite Vomiting Lethargy Cochlear … Pink/red TM Often seen with fever, eustachian tube obstruction or viral URTI TM is transparent (there …
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Nephrotic syndrome
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): cellulitis spontaneous bacterial peritonitis – abdominal pain, fever, nausea/vomiting, rebound tenderness … or >12 years Systemic symptoms of fever, rash, joint pains (SLE, HSP) Persistent hypertension (can have …
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The penis and foreskin
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with a fever and blue/black distal penis Normal Anatomy and Function At birth, the normal foreskin (prepuce … tracking proximally down the penile shaft. Associated dysuria is common If fever is present, urine culture …
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Abdominal pain - chronic
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weight loss/stunting of height unexplained fever changes in bowel habit, chronic diarrhoea, blood …, waterbrash Pain relieved by eating IBD Diarrhoea, may contain blood or mucus Fever Coeliac disease Altered …
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Community acquired pneumonia
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Background Pneumonia can be defined clinically as the presence of fever, cough and tachypnoea at rest (and … such as parapneumonic effusion, empyema, lung abscess or necrotising pneumonia Assessment History Fever Tachypnoea …
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Management of tetanus-prone wounds
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and young children: mild fever, grizzly, unsettled, unhappy or sleepy Older children: pain, redness …
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Cough
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Examination: Fever Loss of muscle bulk and subcutaneous fat stores Abnormal cardiac examination Clubbing …