Yes, Swine Flu again. It turns out that Swine Flu is now in our town of Greenwich CT. So I will put up a checklist here......Not that any Genome Readers would be interested, but when you google Steven Murphy......this is what shows up. So I figure that I should place a checklist here.
Temperature > 101° over last 48 hoursyes____________no__________
Chills (physical shivering at room temperature)yes______ no _______
Headacheyes _______ no _____
Myalgiasyes ______ no_____
Arthralgiasyes _______ no ______
Sore throatyes _____no ______
Dry coughyes _______ no _____
Productive coughyes _____no ___
Nauseayes_______no _____
Diarrheayes ____ no____
CXR with infiltrateyes ______ no____
Family members with similar sicknessyes___ no ___
Contact with patient with novel H1N1 (swine) influenza_____________
Travel to Mexico 3/09 or later _____________________________
Other travel ____________________________
There you have it. If you have 2 or more of these symptoms, you should be seen and evaluated.
Temperature > 101° over last 48 hours yes____________no__________
Chills (physical shivering at room temperature) yes______ no _______
Headache yes _______ no _____
Myalgias yes ______ no _____
Arthralgias yes _______ no ______
Sore throat yes _____no ______
Dry cough yes _______ no _____
Productive cough yes _____no ___
Nausea yes_______ no _____
Diarrhea yes ____ no____
CXR with infiltrate yes _____ _ no ____
Family members with similar sickness yes ___ no ___
Contact with patient with novel H1N1 (swine) influenza _____________
Travel to Mexico 3/09 or later _____________________________
Other travel ____________________________
There you have it. If you have 2 or more of these symptoms, you should be seen and evaluated.
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