Influenza season is coming and this episode Amie is joined by Dr Steven Montgomery Laird FRCP, MPH.

Dr Laird is a Consultant Medical Microbiologist working at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire.

We discuss how a patient with influenza may present, how to treat and the importance of vaccination and the potential cardiovascular complications of flu.

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