A Difficult Differential: Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis of RSV in Adults
Hear from Angela Branche, MD; Pamela Rockwell, DO, FAAFP; and Richard Zimmerman, MD, MPH, FAAFP, on how to differentiate RSV from other respiratory illnesses and their approach to diagnosing this viral infection in older adults.
Decera Clinical Education Infectious Disease Podcast · Angela Branche MD, Richard Zimmerman MD MPH FAAFP
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Show Notes
In this episode, Angela Branche, MD; Pamela Rockwell, DO, FAAFP; and Richard Zimmerman, MD, MPH, FAAFP, discuss the clinical presentation of RSV in older adults and available diagnostic tests for RSV, including:
- Comparison of RSV clinical symptoms to influenza and COVID-19, including differentiating symptoms at infection onset
- RSV disease progression
- RSV diagnostic approaches
- How RSV diagnosis of adults may differ from diagnosis of children
- Clinical considerations for RSV testing
- How to improve RSV awareness among patients
Program Director:
Pamela Rockwell, DO, FAAFP
Professor
Family Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Faculty:
Angela Branche, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York
Richard Zimmerman, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Content based on an online CME program supported by an independent educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline.
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