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Diagnosing Patients With Tiredness In General Practice, Jenny Doust

Jenny Doust

Trying to sort out which patients have a relatively simple problem that will resolve spontaneously from those that require medical treatment and those that require urgent attention is one of the aspects of general practice that makes it interesting and challenging. Patients who present with tiredness in general practice can have any of a long list of diagnoses ranging from the trivial to the life threatening, and knowing how to determine who has which is an essential skill for competent practice.