Guidelines for the clinical management of patients with an influenza-like illness during an influenza pandemic
Produced by the British Thoracic Society Pandemic Flu Guidelines Working Party of the Standards of Care Committee, with the British Infection Society, the Health Protection Agency and in collaboration with the Department of Health, Thorax Volume 62, Supplement 1, January 2007 update.
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IMPORTANT: ERROR IN FLOW DIAGRAM: Appendix 3, page i37. After the question "Does the patient have pneumonia?", the flow chart incorrectly directs the reader down the left-side for the management if the answer is yes, and down the right hand side if the answer is no. These should be the opposite way around. A corrected pdf of this flow chart is available at http://thorax.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/62/suppl_1/1/DC1
A contingency plan and information resources for health professionals and the public on pandemic influenza may be accessed at the Department of Health website via this link:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/EmergencyPlanning/PandemicFlu/fs/en