The following conditions can be referred through the ENT CAS clinic.
Remember: is it a haemolysed blood sample? (you can do an iSTAT)
Severity
We frequently consent for Blood Transfusion, but what risks do we tell the patients about and how common are those risks?
For many conditions the patient should be informed to stop driving and inform the DVLA of their condition. It is the patients responsibility to inform the DVLA, and we should encourage them to do so.
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There have been >100 patients identified as having Mpox in the UK during the current outbreak. Most of these cases have been amongst men who have sex with men.
Reports have suggested that although lesions occur any where including palms and soles. Genital lessons and lymphadenopathy are very common
March 2024 – UKHSA warn there is increasing cases in DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo), so stay vigilant in travellers from central Africa.
The prevalence of diseases transmitted by tick bite have increased in recent years, within the UK. And it is now recognised that there are 3 main infections
No single feature is diagnostic:
Patients sometimes present to ED or are send to ED due to over anticoagulation with warfarin
