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Infectious Diseases 

Infectious Diseases
Chapter:
Infectious Diseases
Author(s):

Ashis Banerjee

, Anisa J. N. Jafar

, Angshuman Mukherjee

, Christian Solomonides

, and Erik Witt

DOI:
10.1093/med/9780198814672.003.0011
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date: 15 April 2021

This chapter on infectious diseases contains 16 clinical Short Answer Questions (SAQs) with explanations and sources for further reading. Possible disorders and accompanying symptoms of infectious origin that may present in the emergency department include acute epiglottitis, meningitis, Ebola virus, meningococcal septicaemia, and pneumonia, among many others. It will be up to the emergency doctor to assess, diagnose, and decide upon a treatment path for each patient. The cases described in this chapter are all situations any emergency doctor is likely to encounter at some point in his or her career. The material in this chapter will greatly aid revision for the Final FRCEM examination.

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