Gastroenteritis exhumed

Nature of presenting symptoms and even signs of disease can lead to a diagnosis that seems routine but is in fact erroneous because a sufficient index of suspicion is not generated in the mind of the physician dealing with the case. A young girl of about 16 years was brought to the Casualty Departme...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad Abbottabad, 2008-01, Vol.20 (1), p.140
Hauptverfasser:	Shah, Mian Mujahid, Jan, Adil, Munawwar, Anjum Zia, Arif, Muhammad, Ahmed, Riaz
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Adolescent Arsenic Poisoning - complications Arsenic Poisoning - diagnosis Arsenicals - isolation & purification Diagnosis, Differential Fatal Outcome Female Forensic Medicine Gastroenteritis - chemically induced Gastroenteritis - diagnosis Homicide Humans Pakistan Spouses
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Zusammenfassung:	Nature of presenting symptoms and even signs of disease can lead to a diagnosis that seems routine but is in fact erroneous because a sufficient index of suspicion is not generated in the mind of the physician dealing with the case. A young girl of about 16 years was brought to the Casualty Department, DHQ Hospital Bannu on 12 Sep 2004 with complains of severe vomiting and diarrhoea; the casualty medical officer diagnosed her as a case of acute gastroenteritis.
ISSN:	1025-9589