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Difficulties Diagnosing Infection in the Very Elderly: Tales from the Front Line

If there's one thing we’ve learnt - there’s no time to waste when diagnosing and treating the very elderly.

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Carl Heneghan
Sep 26, 2022
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“Hello, Doctor thanks for getting back to me. Mrs Jones is a little confused and a bit wobbly on her feet, but all her observations are normal”, she says.

“Can I check… you’re the paramedic on the sce…

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