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{{Discuss@task | Different definitions from [[Influenza in ICD10]]. 1. Which definition is the one we will use?}} | {{Discuss@task | Different definitions from [[Influenza in ICD10]]. 1. Which definition is the one we will use?}} | ||
* | *[[Allan Garland]] 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: | **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 | ***(a) no lab test was sent at all, or | ||
***(b) the final Cadham test result was negative. | ***(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. | *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 === | === Purpose and reporting === | ||