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Rhinitis and rhinosinusitis
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weeks Chronic : >12 weeks Acute rhinosinusitis is most commonly caused by viral infections … Meningitis Encephalitis Subdural and epidural empyema Chronic rhinosinusitis History Risk factors Uncommon … Postnasal drip Loss of smell Cough Halitosis Exposure to cigarette smoke Adenoid hypertrophy Allergy Asthma …
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NPA
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and Bordetella pertussis may also be transmitted by large particle droplets created by coughing and sneezing … heart disease, chronic respiratory illness, congenital or acquired immunodeficiency and neonates. Early …
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Abdominal pain - acute
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Abdominal pain - acute Abdominal pain - acute PIC Endorsed See also Abdominal pain - chronic Adolescent …. See Abdominal pain - chronic Symptoms in neonates may be attributed by parents as abdominal pain … with non-specific abdominal pain (see Abdominal pain - chronic ) A clear follow-up plan has been arranged, eg …
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Headache
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from sleep Triggered or aggravated by coughing, sneezing or positional changes (eg bending forwards … use and common triggers Headache patterns Acute recurrent Migraine Chronic non-progressive … Tension-type headache Anxiety, depression Somatisation Chronic progressive Tumour Benign intracranial …
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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 … at rest Cough Increased work of breathing/respiratory distress Apnoea (neonates) Abdominal pain … Severe or complicated pneumonia Comorbidities such as cardiac disease, chronic respiratory disease …
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Primary spontaneous pneumothorax
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of breath Anxiety, cough and generalised symptoms (eg malaise, fatigue) are less common Examination Children … not be applicable Secondary pneumothorax from underlying lung disease eg cystic fibrosis, chronic neonatal lung …
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Parapneumonic effusion
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Particularly fever that persists after 48 hours of appropriate treatment of pneumonia Tachypnoea Cough … where surgical intervention is anticipated Comorbidities such as cardiac disease, chronic respiratory …
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Sickle cell disease
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this is pain similar to previous episodes.) Comorbidities - asthma Usual Treatment- chronic transfusion program … as Vaso-occlusive crisis concurrently If cough or dyspnoea is also present look and treat for acute chest syndrome …
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The acutely swollen joint
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arthritis eg Enterovirus/Hepatitis B/Parvovirus/ Dengue Cough, fever, rash At risk sexual/drug taking …, recurrent subluxation/dislocation Fatigue, chronic pain Easy bruising/scarring of skin Joint laxity …
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Vulval and vaginal conditions
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children Urethral prolapse Chronic onset, bleeding, pain, dysuria, constant need to strain Treat … precipitant eg cough, constipation Refer to gynaecology for assessment and consideration of topical oestrogen …