Dear colleagues,
I'm a specialist in Infectious Diseases in a 900
beds university hospital and I'm trying to make
guidelines for residents in the Emergency Room to
help them in managing infectious diseases.
I'm looking for criteria to decide when to perform
blood cultures, blood analysis; when it is safe to
give patients oral antibiotherapy and send them
back home. I'm aware of the SCAPS score as well as
guidelines when to hospitalise patients with
pneumonia, but I'm seeking easier decision trees
possibly efficient to manage most patients admitted
for fever. Does somebody have any idea about these
criteria, personal experience in guiding non
infectious diseases specialist physicians in the
treatment of infectious diseases, or where I could
find some information about that topic ? Thanks in
advance.
Clevenbergh Ph., M.D.
Erasme University Hospital
Brussels, Belgium
Phone: 32-2-555-57-49
Fax:32-2-555-39-12
E-mail: Yves.Saks at econ.kuleuven.ac.be
