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Rheumatic fever - diagnosis and treatment

Rheumatic fever - diagnosis and treatment

FromThe BMJ Podcast


Rheumatic fever - diagnosis and treatment

FromThe BMJ Podcast

ratings:
Length:
13 minutes
Released:
Jul 14, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Many doctors may believe that acute rheumatic fever is a disease of the past, but it's estimated that, worldwide, there are 500,000 new annual cases, and that 15 million have chronic rheumatic heart disease.

Rachel Helena Webb, paediatric infectious diseases specialist at the Starship Children’s Hospital in Auckland, joins us to discuss diagnosis and management of this condition.

Read the full clinical review:
http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h3443
Released:
Jul 14, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The BMJ is an international peer reviewed medical journal and a fully “online first” publication. The BMJ’s vision is to be the world’s most influential and widely read medical journal. Our mission is to lead the debate on health and to engage, inform, and stimulate doctors, researchers, and other health professionals in ways that will improve outcomes for patients. We aim to help doctors to make better decisions.