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1701006147 CASE PRESENTATION

 LONG CASE:


CHIEF COMPLAINTS:

 A 55 yr old female who is house maid by occupation came to the hospital with chief complaints- 

Fever since 5 days 

Neck stiffness since 5 days 

History of present illness:- 

- Patient was apparently asymptomatic 5 days back then she had fever which is sudden in onset and continuous type and relieved on medication and associated with tremors.
Complaints of bilateral knee joint pains .
Negative history:-
Fever not associated with chills and rigors. No h/o cold ,cough ,loose stools , abdominal pain , breathlessness, PND , orthopnoea. No history of burning micturition, increased frequency of micturition. 

- There is h/o headache from 25 days but it got aggravated since 5 days which is insidious in onset and progressive for which she took medication but not relieved. No aggravating and relieving factors . - History of neck stiffness since 5 days.
- History of vomiting 3 days back ,1 episode which is not projectile ,non bilious ,content is food particles .

PAST HISTORY:- 
No history of similar complaints in the past.
Medical illness - Not a known case of diabetes , hypertension, asthma, TB, Thyroid .
•7 yrs back she had history of CVA where both upper and lower limbs are paralysed and took some medication.
she took allopathy medicine 6 months back and she got recovered.
•Surgical history- hysterectomy done 25 yrs back .

FAMILY HISTORY:-

No similar complaints inthe family 
No history of diabetes, hypertension,TB ,asthma.

PERSONAL HISTORY:- 

Diet - mixed 
Appetite - lost
Sleep - adequate 
Bowel and bladder- regular bladder and constipation is present .
No addictions and allergies.



GENERAL EXAMINATION:-

Patient is conscious, coherent, coperative. Moderately built moderately nourished.

No pallor, icterus, cyanosis, clubbing, generalised lymphadenopathy, generalised edema.







VITALS: 

Temperature: 99°F
Pulse rate: 78bpm
Resp rate:15cpm
BP:110/70mmhg
Spo2:98%

SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM::-

Higher mental functions

          • conscious

          • oriented to person and place ,time.

          • memory - able to recognize their family members

          • Speech - normal
CRANIAL NERVES examination -

           • 1 - sense of smell present

           • 2- Direct and indirect light reflex present

           • 3,4,6 - no ptosis Or nystagmus

           • 5- corneal reflex present on both sides

           • 7- no deviation of mouth, no loss of nasolabial folds, forehead wrinkling present.

         • 8- able to hear

         • 9,10- uvula not deviated

        • 11- sternocleidomastoid contraction present

        • 12- no tongue deviation

Motor system 

Tone -. Upper limbs 
Tone:   Lower limbs






Inspection - Normal Normal
Palpation - Normal Normal 

Bulk :         right           Left 
 
Arm :-        28cm.         27cm
Forearm:-    20cm        18 cm
Thigh:          33 cm       32cm
Calf:.            25 cm       23 cm








Power : 

Muscles of neck -
• stenocleidomastoid- good
•Nuchal muscles- stiffness present
Slight tenderness present over the neck on examination.

                       Right     Left
Biceps-             5/5        5/5
Triceps-.           5/5        5/5
Brachioradialis-. 5/5      5/5
Tibialis posterior-. 5/5   5/5


Reflexes: right left 
       
Biceps- + +






Triceps- + +





Knee- + +





Ankle - + + 





Babinski sign





Sensory system: Normal

Cerebellar signs : 

Knee - heel incoordination - No
Finger - nose incoordination- No

Meningeal signs - 

 Neck stiffness present .
Kernig's sign - positive
Brudzinki sign - positive




EXAMINATION OF OTHER SYSTEMS


CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: 
 
S1 S2 Heart sounds – normal
No thrills/murmurs

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM:

 Chest symmetrical, No paradoxical movements, Normal vesicular breath sounds heard,
No abnormal/added sound

ABDOMEN:

 Abdomen is soft, non tender,No organomegaly, No ascites.

Provisional diagnosis:VIRAL FEVER with VIRAL MENINGOENCEPHALITIS under evaluation and detected denovo DIABETES MELLITUS type 2.

Investigations:-

GRBS - 100 mg/dl

Hemogram :-


Hb - 13 g/dl
TLC - 3500
N/L/E/M-60/30/2/8
PLT- 2.1 lakh per mm3
FBS- 168**mg/ dl
Hb1 AC -6.9*

Urea- 38
Serum creatinine- 1.0
Uric acid - 4.9
Sodium- 141meq
Pottasium- 4.0
chloride- 1058

Serology 




LFT:

Tb - 1.03
Db- 0.31
SGOT(AST) - 69
SGPT(ALT) - 68
ALP-135
Tp-6.4
Albumin-4.0

CUE:

Albumin +
Sugar - nil 
Pus cells - 6 - 8
Epithelial cells- 3-4
RBC - nil
Casts - nil 

CSF :

Sugar - 81
Protein-12.6
Chloride-113

ABG:

pH - 7.4
Pco2- 29.1
Po2- 88.4
Hco3- 18.0
Sat O2 - 97%

MRI brain :











X Ray - knee joint AP view



X ray Lateral view of skull and neck-





X Ray chest :


ECG






Treatment:-

Inj. CEFTRIAXONE 2 gm/ BD 
Inj.DEXA 6mg/iv/tid
Inj . Vancomycin 1gm/iv
Inj. Pcm 1gm/iv
Tab . Pcm 650 mg 
Tab. Ecospirin 75 mg /po/od
Tab. Atorvas 10 mg /po/od
Syp. Cremaffin plus 30ml/po


On day 2 :-
 
Patient is conscious, coherent, cooperative.

Vitals:-
Temperature: 99°F
Pulse rate: 76bpm
Resp rate:15cpm
BP:130/90mmhg
Spo2:96%

GRBS- 197mg/dl





Treatment-

Inj. CEFTRIAXONE 2 gm/ BD 
Inj.DEXA 6mg/iv/tid
Inj . Vancomycin 1gm/iv
Inj. Pcm 1gm/iv
Tab . Pcm 650 mg 
Tab. Ecospirin 75 mg /po/od
Tab. Atorvas 10 mg /po/od
Syp. Cremaffin plus 30ml/po
Oint.Diclofenac for thigh pain

On day 3:-

Patient is conscious, coherent, cooperative.

Vitals:-
Temperature: 99°F
Pulse rate: 78bpm
Resp rate:16cpm
BP:120/90mmhg
Spo2:96%

GRBS- 190mg/dl

Investigations:-



Treatment-

Inj. CEFTRIAXONE 2 gm/ BD 
Inj.DEXA 6mg/iv/tid
Inj . Vancomycin 1gm/iv
Inj. Pcm 1gm/iv
Tab . Pcm 650 mg 
Tab. Ecospirin 75 mg /po/od
Tab. Atorvas 10 mg /po/od
Syp. Cremaffin plus 30ml/po
Oint.Diclofenac for thigh pain
Inj.pan 40 mg iv /od
Tab. Naproxen 250 mg po/tid.
Flexbenz gel for L/A on thighs













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SHORT CASE:


25year old female wit I have 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 diagnosis and treatment plan

Chief complaints:


History of presenting illness:

No H/O chest pain palpitations shortness of breath 

No H/O of pedal edema 

NoH/O decreased urinary output

No H/O seizures 

No H/O headache blurring of vision 

Past history:

Diagnosed with hypertension during  first pregnancy: intrauterine death at 6th month 

She had hyperemesis during first pregnancy in the first trimester 

Second pregnancy: baby delivered at 8 th month  normal vaginal delivery and died with in one day 

Not a known case of diabetes Mellitus, TB, asthma, thyroid disorders , epilepsy

No past surgical history

No blood transfusions done 

Menstrual history:

Age of menarche: 13 years 

28 day cycle regular bleeds for 3 days 

Associated with back ache 

Not associated with clots 

Marital history:

Married in 2020 non consanguineous 

Personal history:

Occupation : house wife

Diet mixed

Appetite normal

Sleep adequate 

Bowel and  bladder: regular

No addictions 

Family history:

Not significant 

General examination:

Patient is conscious coherent and cooperative 

well oriented to time place and person  moderately built and nourished.

Height :161cm 

weight:58kg

 BMI:22.3kg/m2

No pallor 

      icterus 

      cyanosis

      clubbing

      generalised lymphadenopathy

      edema



Vitals :-

         pulse rate:90bpm

          BP:170/100 mmHg

          Respiratory rate:22cpm

          Temperature: afebrile 

          SpO2: 98%

GRBS 164 mg%

Systemic examination:

CVS

Auscultation:S1 S2 sounds heard 

no murmurs and 

no added sounds

Abdominal examination:

Inspection  

Shape scaphoid 

Umbilicus inverted 

No visible gastric peristalsis

Hernial orifices free

Palpation

 soft ,non tender ,no organomegaly 

Bowel sounds heard on auscultation 

Respiratory system :

Inspection

 trachea central in position

Chest movements symmetrical 

Auscultation:

 BLAE present 

 NVBS heard

Investigations:










Provisional diagnosis:
Young onset hypertension


Treatment:

1)Tab.AMLONG 5mg PO/OD

2)Tab.ZINCOVIT PO/OD


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