Lessons from the Grand Rounds 2: Options in Rational Management - Softcover

Amdekar, YK

 
9789352703852: Lessons from the Grand Rounds 2: Options in Rational Management

Synopsis

Section 1 TIME TESTED HYPOTHESISCase 1 'Patient' hearing a must !!Case 2 History begins with age. How 'old' are you?Case 3 History begins with ageCase 4 Respect chief complaintsCase 5 Respect chief complaintsCase 6 Origin mattersCase 7 Origin mattersCase 8 Do not ignore clinical settingCase 9 Do not ignore clinical settingCase 10 Duration is importantCase 11 Caution against unexpected progressCase 12 Sudden improvement may be ominousCase 13 Beware of partial improvementCase 14 Monitor progress of Biphasic feverCase 15 Past--A lead for the futureCase 16 Attention to personal historyCase 17 First impressionCase 18 General examination is specialCase 19 Correlate temperature, pulse and respiration (TPR)Case 20 Observe pattern of breathingCase 21 Listen to the sounds that breathing makesCase 22 Nail down the diagnosisCase 23 Stick out the neckCase 24 Stretch your imaginationCase 25 Head startSection 2 MANAGEMENT DILEMMAS IN OFFICE PRACTICECase 26 Viral feverCase 27 Enteric feverCase 28 Enteric feverCase 29 Enteric feverCase 30 Frequent illnesses diagnosed as primary complex twiceCase 31 Short stature due to IUGR with malpositioned kidneyCase 32 Breastfed baby with intermittent blood in stoolsCase 33 Breastfed baby with suspected GI infection who recovered fastCase 34 EmpyemaCase 35 Empyema who was given steroidsCase 36 Rheumatic feverCase 37 UTI--1st episode at 4 years of ageCase 38 ConstipationCase 39 Nephrotic syndromeCase 40 Immune thrombocytopenic purpuraCase 41 Reactive arthritis secondary to mediastinal malignancyCase 42 Mismanaged gastroenteritisCase 43 Inadequate feeding investigated for failure to thriveCase 44 Infant with atypical Kawasaki diseaseCase 45 Fungal pneumoniaCase 46 Palatopharyngeal incompetenceCase 47 Hemophagocytic syndromeCase 48 Leukemia presenting as scurvyCase 49 Poststreptococcal reactive arthritisCase 50 Suspected Kawasaki disease presenting in 2nd weekCase 51 GalactosemiaCase 52 Mismanaged UTI presenting as breathlessnessCase 53 Gaucher diseaseCase 54 Autoimmune disorderCase 55 Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpuraCase 56 Sudden falls in a 12-year-oldCase 57 Dengue shock syndromeCase 58 Capillaria hepatica Fever with skin rashCase 59 Systemic inflammatory disorderCase 60 MeningococcemiaCase 61 Stevens-Johnson syndromeCase 62 Dengue shock syndromeCase 63 Rickettsial diseaseCase 64 Severe combined immunodeficiencyCase 65 Streptococcal infectionCase 66 Hodgkin's lymphoma Inborn errors of metabolismCase 67 Metabolic disorder presenting as complication of diarrheaCase 68 Metabolic disorder presenting as unexplained encephalopathyCase 69 Urea cycle defectCase 70 GalactosemiaCase 71 Phenyl ketonuriaCase 72 Mitochondrial encephalopathy with lactic acidosisCase 73 Metabolic disorder with cardiomyopathyCase 74 Ataxia presenting as metabolic disorderSection 3 AN APPROACH TO RECURRENT/ PERSISTENT PNEUMONIACase 75 Clinical recovery, radiological persistence duplication of esophagusCase 76 Clinical recovery, radiological persistenceCase 77 Clinical recovery, radiological persistenceCase 78 Clinical and radiological persistenceCase 79 Clinical persistence, radiological recoveryCase 80 Recurrent pneumonia at the same siteCase 81 Subacute pneumoniaCase 82 Nonbacterial etiologyCase 83 ComplicationCase 84 Complication

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