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Internal assessment

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We have been assigned to elog our internal assessment questions where the goal is to achieve learning driven through searchable information, particularly with regard to making original contributions and avoiding plagiarism from the searched work. Here is my attempt of doing so. Our question paper has been prepared as to assess our ability in our clinical postings regarding " Patient clinical data analysis" to develop our competancy in comprehending clinical data including history, clinical finding, investigations and come up with a  diagnosis and treatment plan. NOTE: All the questions in the below question paper had been some of cases in our medical college in this past month. 1st question: A bone density test is used to measure bone mineral content and density. It may be done using X-rays, dual-energy  X-ray absorptiometry  (DEXA or DXA), or a special CT scan that uses computer software to determine bone densit...

A 45 year old male with bilateral pedal oedma, shortness of breath and decreased urinary output.

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This is online E log book to discuss our patient's de-identified health data shared after taking his/her/guardian's signed informed consent. Here we discuss our individual patient's problems through series of inputs from available global online community of experts with an aim to solve those patient's clinical problems with collective current best evidence based inputs .This e-log book also reflects my patient centered  online learning portfolio and your valuable comments on comment box is welcome. Vignatha 9th semester roll no: 45 I've been given this case to solve in an attempt to understand the topic of "patient clinical data analysis" to develop my competency in reading and comprehending clinical data including history, clinical findings, investigations, and come up with a diagnosis and treatment plan. Following is the view of my case: A 45 year old male came to the hospital with the chief complaints of bilateral pedal oedema, shortness of breath and d...

A 60 year male with diabetic nephropathy

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This is online E log book to discuss our patient's de-identified health data shared after taking his/her/guardian's signed informed consent. Here we discuss our individual patient's problems through series of inputs from available global online community of experts with an aim to solve those patient's clinical problems with collective current best evidence based inputs .This e-log book also reflects my patient centered  online learning portfolio and your valuable comments on comment box is welcome. Vignatha 9th semester roll no: 45 I've been given this case to solve in an attempt to understand the topic of "patient clinical data analysis" to develop my competency in reading and comprehending clinical data including history, clinical findings, investigations, and come up with a diagnosis and treatment plan. Following is the view of my case: Case: A 60 year old male from tirumalagiri came to the hospital with the chief complaints of pedal oedema, shortness o...

9th case medicine blended assignment

I have been given the following cases to solve in an attmept to understand the topic of 'Patient clinical data analysis' to develop my competency in reading and comprehending clinical data including history, clinical findings, investigations and diagnosis and coem up with a treatment plan. Case1 https://nikhilasampathkumar.blogspot.com/2021/05/covid-pneumonia-in-pre-existing-case-of.html Covid pneumonia in a pre existing case of interstitial lung disease Q1:How does the pre-existing ILD determine the prognosis of this patient? Ans:COVID-19 pneumonia has a higher mortality in patients with preexisting ILD. COVID-19 should be considered in the diagnosis of patients with ILD who present with fever or worsening of their respiratory symptoms, and an early confirmation should be attempted. Avoidable visits to health-care facilities should be curtailed for stable patients with ILD, to reduce the risk of exposure to SARS-CoV-2. The use of immunosuppressive agents should be limited to t...

Medicine blended assignment (may)

I have been given the following cases to solve in an attempt to understand the topic of "Patient clinical data analysis" to develop my competency in reading and comprehending clinical data including history, clinical findings, investigations and diagnosis and come up with a treatment plan. This is link of questions asked regarding the cases: http://medicinedepartment.blogspot.com/2021/05/online-blended-bimonthly-assignment.html?m=1 Below are my answers to the medicine assignment based on comprehension of the cases. 1A CASE: https://soumyanadella128eloggm.blogspot.com/2021/05/a-55-year-old-female-with-shortness-of.html "A 57 year old female with shortness of breath, pedal edema and facial puffiness. https://soumyanadella128eloggm.blogspot.com/2021/05/a-55-year-old-female-with-shortness-of.html Q1:What is the evolution of symptomatology in this patient in terms of an event timeline and where is the anatomical localization for the problem and what is the primary etiology of...