New online diagnostic tool launched to help doctors

A paediatric online diagnostic tool called Isabel was launched at the Royal College of Physicians in London this week.

The tool has been developed by a charity, also known as Isabel, which was launched by Charlotte and Jason Maude, whose daughter Isabel almost died at age 3 years of necrotising fasciitis as a complication of chicken pox, after it was missed by a series of doctors. The diagnostic tool was set up with help from paediatric intensive care consultant Joseph Britto at St Mary's Hospital in London, who helped …