4 results match your criteria: "Oxford University Department of Primary Health Care[Affiliation]"
Background: Symptoms are part of the initial evaluation of children with acute illness, and are often used to help identify those who may have serious infections. Meningococcal disease is a rapidly progressive infection that needs to be recognised early among children presenting to primary care.
Aim: To determine the diagnostic value of presenting symptoms in primary care for meningococcal disease.
Antivirals for pandemic influenza: a triumph of policy over evidence?
Trends Pharmacol Sci
September 2010
Oxford University Department of Primary Health Care, Rosemary Rue Building, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LF, UK.
The diagnosis of art: Millais’ blind girl.
J R Soc Med
November 2008
Oxford University Department of Primary Health Care, Rosemary Rue Building, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK.
Using vital signs to assess children with acute infections: a survey of current practice.
Br J Gen Pract
April 2008
Oxford University Department of Primary Health Care, Old Road Campus, Oxford, UK.
Background: GPs are advised to measure vital signs in children presenting with acute infections. Current evidence supports the value of GPs' overall assessment in determining how unwell a child is, but the additional benefit of measuring vital signs is not known.
Aim: To describe the vital signs and clinical features that GPs use to assess children (aged <5 years) with acute infections.