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Practices will receive virtually no help to prepare for what could be an exceptionally harsh Christmas, finds Carolyn Wickware
'When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses not zebras' - the old adage is well-known to GPs but what should you do when faced with a zebra, not a horse? Consultant cardiologist Professor Robert Tulloh and GP Dr Louise Tulloh kick off our new series with their advice on how to catch Kawasaki disease in general practice.
In a patient whose PSA level is only marginally elevated with no obvious cause, the GP should repeat the PSA and attempt to stratify the patient's level of prostate cancer risk by taking into account age, family history, ethnicity, urinary voiding symptoms and DRE findings, alongside the PSA level.
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