Ever been unsure of how to deal with the patient that turns up in A&E having travelled to some far flung places sweating profusely? Then this one is for you! 

Listen along as Dr Alex Kew delivers a masterclass on how to treat a patient with an acute undifferentiated fever, at times, ably assisted by Dr Rohan Mehra (Infectious diseases/Microbiology SPR). They provide you with a framework to help with even the trickiest cases that will allow you to get to the bottom of what is going on. 

Dr Alex Kew, Alex is an Infectious diseases and microbiology consultant at the hospital for tropical diseases and royal free NHS trust his Specialist interests include bites, stings and parasitology having  studied zoology and further animal related injury research at the natural history museum and imperial college London. 

Resources

Please always contact your local infection team in the first instance, however here are some useful resources if you require further help or the infection team advise you to call them. 

HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES LONDON

https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/our-services/find-service/tropical-and-infectious-diseases/how-refer-infectious-and-tropical-diseases Please note the contact number for inpatient advice 020 3456 7890- ask to speak to the on call tropical medicine registrar. 

LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE 

https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/clinical-services

0151 705 3100 

0151 705 3223

IMPORTED FEVER SERVICE

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/imported-fever-service-ifs

0844 778 8990

Where to look for outbreak information/local disease prevalence: 

National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC)

https://travelhealthpro.org.uk/outbreaks

Programme for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED)

https://promedmail.org/

World Health Organisation (WHO)- disease outbreak news

https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news

Centres for Disease control and Prevention

https://www.cdc.gov/ 

Viral haemorrhagic fever risk assessment 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/viral-haemorrhagic-fever-algorithm-and-guidance-on-management-of-patients

This podcast has been made with an educational grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals Limited (“BMS”). BMS has had no input or involvement in the design, development or content of the podcast whatsoever. 

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