EM Cases · Tuberculosis ED
Suspected pulmonary TB isolation — resus station
ACEM OSCE on airborne isolation, diagnostic sampling, notification and disposition.
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Target exams
ACEMFRCEMABEMFRCPCCCFPEMEBEEM
Prompt
Chronic cough, haemoptysis, weight loss; CXR cavitary upper lobe.
Station brief
Format. Clinical-management station, 11 minutes.
References3ShowHide
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- [3]Menon LJB, Feliciano CS, de Campos MR, Bollela VR. Decision making to discharge patients from airborne infection isolation rooms: The role of a single GeneXpert MTB/RIF strategy in Brazil Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 2020.PMID 32299529