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Presenting Problem Mrs Leong Tring is a 41 year old woman who presents to the GP complaining of nausea and vomiting. History of Present Condition
General Health Status
What might be the cause of her problem? What pathophysiological mechanisms and/or clinical conditions might be involved? What would you do next? When you have a plan, PROCEED
Web demo notes: This additional information represents the patient's own story of what they have noticed, as well as the general background/context of the patient's past health. The student seeks to identify from the story those elements that might lead towards one hypothesis rather than another. The student should now aim to identify their own lead hypotheses as to the nature and cause of the current problem. Think especially in terms of basic mechanisms and of where normaly processes can go wrong. Then use these as a basis for formulating the next enquiry steps, to identify the key questions to which you need answers to move towards the diagnosis, and think ine ach case of the answers you might get, and what these would mean in the context of this enquiry. In this case you would be expected to come up with a list of hypotheses something like the following:
and from that you would be expected to think of further questions to ask the patient along the lines of those which follow:
Now click on the PROCEED button below to move on. What might be the cause of her problem? What would you do next? When you have a plan, PROCEED |