TY - JOUR T1 - Sick children JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 435 LP - 435 DO - 10.3399/bjgp08X302718 VL - 58 IS - 551 AU - James Erskine Y1 - 2008/06/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/58/551/435.1.abstract N2 - James Cave provides a good comment on the articles about management of acutely ill children.1It seems barely credible that British GPs fail to use basic, simple tests such as pulse, respiration, capillary return, and temperature in assessing acutely ill children. Perhaps they see so few really ill children in a year that they can get away with it.I wonder what they do in the 15 or 20 minute consultations after making the general observation that the child is either well or … ER -