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=== Don't use TMP as notes === | === Don't use TMP as notes === | ||
Please do not enter this TMP until you have actually confirmed positive influenza culture. Use the [[Notes field]] on you laptop as a reminder if needed. | Please do not enter this TMP until you have actually confirmed positive influenza culture. Use the [[Notes field]] on you laptop as a reminder if needed. | ||
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*I copied the following segment from ICD10 Influenza article, 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. | |||
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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=== Purpose and reporting === | === Purpose and reporting === | ||