Acute sore throat.
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• Headache, nausea and vomiting, malaise, dysphagia, and abdominal pain might be present. Sore throat decision rule The sore throat decision rule can identify both patients who are so likely to have GABHS that a confirmatory test is not needed and patients who are so unlikely to have GABHS that further testing is unrewarding. Using the rule will successfully identify most patients who need treatment for GABHS infection, while decreasing antibiotic use for sore throat by about 80%.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien
دوره 57 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007