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Algorithm from the Infectious Disease Society of
America
Diagram 2: Does the patient have signs and symptoms suggestive of influenza?
This is from the Infectious Disease Society of America (Diagram 2) and the
guidelines are almost the same with ours.
The healthcare providers need to see whether the patient has any signs and
symptoms of ILI. If yes, then the doctor needs to decide whether the patient
requires hospital admission or not. If no hospital admission is required, then the
doctor needs to decide whether the influenza testing will influence the clinical
management. In our setting, unfortunately, we do not have any influenza testing in
our KK. We just go by clinical judgment. If influenza is diagnosed clinically with
high-risk for influenza complication, they also suggest empirical antiviral
treatment.
