What is it about?
We used a questionnaire to find out what different cadre of doctors know and practice when children with rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease come to them. The study showed that 56.91% of the doctors answered seven questions correctly out of nine questions. we recommended CME on rheumatic heart disease to doctors
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Why is it important?
When doctors do not identify these children fast, they go on to develop heart disease and other others problems
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This paper made me realise how little some doctors can remember about a disease that is not so common but yet quite devastating. It emphasizes the need for regular continuous medical education (CME) among doctors so as to keep abreast with some childhood diseases
Nsirimobu Paul
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This page is a summary of: Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Physicians Perspective, Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research, November 2019, Sciencedomain International,
DOI: 10.9734/jammr/2019/v30i1130247.
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