Open AccessSo you want to talk about sex? – a brief guide to taking a sexual history for Acute Physicians
Author(s) -
Olwen Williams
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
acute medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1747-4892
pISSN - 1747-4884
DOI - 10.52964/amja.0602
Subject(s) - medicine , morning , rest (music) , family medicine , pediatrics , physical therapy
It’s a Monday morning; the week-end has seen the re-admission of a retired teacher with a dry cough, increasing dyspnoea and no physical signs. His chest X-ray ten days previously didn’t show any abnormalities. The course of amoxicillin given by his GP has not helped. He has an oxygen saturation of 89% at rest. Something doesn’t add up?