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InnovAiT 2008 1(5):328-329; doi:10.1093/innovait/inn058
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the RCGP. All rights reserved. For permissions please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

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Dr Rodger C Charlton

General Practitioner and Associate Clinical Professor, Warwick Medical School and Honorary Editor, RCGP Publications

E-mail: Rodger.charlton@warwick.ac.uk

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   Managing the acutely ill child
 
When I was training and even now as an experienced GP, one of the most difficult consultations can be managing the young child who would appear to be acutely ill in relation to diagnostic uncertainty and appropriate management. Even for those who have worked in hospital paediatrics, the spectrum of illness seen in children in the community is very different. The April issue of the British Journal of General Practice (BJGP) is therefore particularly helpful to those in training and for trainers like myself with an editorial and three papers on this subject. The editorial states, ‘Children are different’ and we all know that this is true. It is reported that on average that only 1 in 50 children is referred to a paediatrician each year and that this rate has not changed for a decade. This referral rate seems low but makes the point that the majority of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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