PATH 3000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Symptom, Tonsillectomy, Presenting Problem
19 Apr 2020
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Path 3000 lecture 29 march 25, 2020 case study ii. Clinical case objectives: today"s goal to present a typical clinical scenario, patient"s progression through various steps in the healthcare system, pathologist"s roles at different steps of patient care. This case was presented in an outpatient setting. This is important because if a patient presents with a life-threatening illness, then a lot of the above information would be condensed and revisited at a later time because the physician need to treat the life-threatening aspect right away. In this case study, the patient is healthy enough for the physician to perform what is typically the first step in a patient encounter, which is obtaining a complete history and physical examination. Bloodwork results: cbc, hemoglobin 110 (l, white blood cells 7 (n, platelets 225 (n, mcv 70 (l, creatinine 70 (n, tsh 2. 5 (n)
