Influenza tracking: Difference between revisions

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{{Discuss@task | Different definitions from [[Influenza in ICD10]]. 1. Which is right? 2. Allan to help cobble valid reason for EPR access -~~cadham now connected~~}}

{{Discuss@task | Different definitions from [[Influenza in ICD10]]. 1. Which is right? 2. Allan to help cobble valid reason for EPR access -Completed Jan 2.18}}

*I copied the following segment from [[Influenza in ICD10]], It gives a different definition of Suspected Influenza:

Suspected influenza -- here the clinical team wrote believed that it was influenza and gave a “full course” of anti-influenza drug PLUS either: (a) no lab test was sent at all, or (b) the final Cadham test result was negative.

**Suspected influenza -- here the clinical team wrote believed that it was influenza and gave a “full course” of anti-influenza drug PLUS either: (

For influenza that this not severe, the usual course of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) is 5 days. But WHO and CDC recommend that in severe cases the drug should be continued until the infection is resolved or there is satisfactory clinical improvement.

***a) no lab test was sent at all, or

***(b) the final Cadham test result was negative.

*For influenza that this not severe, the usual course of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) is 5 days. But WHO and CDC recommend that in severe cases the drug should be continued until the infection is resolved or there is satisfactory clinical improvement.

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 {{Discussion}}
-{{Discuss@task | Different definitions from [[Influenza in ICD10]]. 1. Which is right?  2. Allan to help cobble valid reason for EPR access -cadham now connected}}
+{{Discuss@task | Different definitions from [[Influenza in ICD10]]. 1. Which is right?  2. Allan to help cobble valid reason for EPR access -Completed Jan 2.18}}
 *I copied the following segment from [[Influenza in ICD10]], It gives a different definition of Suspected Influenza:
-    Suspected influenza -- here the clinical team wrote believed that it was influenza and gave a “full course” of anti-influenza drug PLUS either: (a) no lab test was sent at all, or (b) the final Cadham test result was negative.
+**Suspected influenza -- here the clinical team wrote believed that it was influenza and gave a “full course” of anti-influenza drug PLUS either: (
-        For influenza that this not severe, the usual course of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) is 5 days. But WHO and CDC recommend that in severe cases the drug should be continued until the infection is resolved or there is satisfactory clinical improvement.
+***a) no lab test was sent at all, or
+***(b) the final Cadham test result was negative.
+*For influenza that this not severe, the usual course of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) is 5 days. But WHO and CDC recommend that in severe cases the drug should be continued until the infection is resolved or there is satisfactory clinical improvement.
 === Purpose and reporting ===