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Pleural effusion

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A fifty nine years old male came to OPD with achie complaint of pain in the chest. Date of admission: 24.07.2021 CHIEF COMPLAINTS: > pain in the chest region during last 3 days  > distrubed sleep HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS > patient was apparently 3days back then started experiencing pain in the left side of the thoracic region  > chest pain last three days , left sided, stabbing type  > No haemoptysis. > No aggrevating factors  > No diurnal variations. > No difficulty in takung respiration . > No H/O PND attacks . > No H/O Orthopnea. > No H/O fever with evening rise. > Noisy respirstion . >NO H/O Trauma. > NO H/O Inhaler usage. >  NO H/O Nasal / Ear discharge . > NO H/O Recent hospitalization / Ventilation. HISTORY OF PAST ILLNESS  > NO H/O similar complaints in past, HTN, DM, TB, epilepsy, chest pain & Bleeding disorders. > NO H/O suggestive of Skin rash, Joint pains (Collagen Vascular Disorders). ...

June

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  This is an 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. MONTHLY SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT I have been given the following questions to answer 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 come up with a treatment, to assess the quality of treatment given and to suggest improvisations.    Question 1 : Competency tested for Peer to peer review and assessment : After going through one particular answer of ten students in this l https://generalmedicinedepartment.blogspot.com/2021/06/bimonth...

July

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   Question 1: Competency tested for Peer to peer review and assessment :  Please go through one student's entire answer paper from this link, the one who is closest to your own roll number : http://medicinedepartment. blogspot.com/2021/07/2019- batch-medicine-department- online.html?m=1 and share your peer review of each answer with your qualitative insights into what was good or bad about the answer.  https://42supriyagagireddy.blogspot.com/2021/07/bimonthly-blended-assessment-june-2021.html    Case1: CASE:https://soumyanadella128eloggm.blogspot.com/2021/05/ In my opinion:  As chief complaints are pedal edema, facial puffiness, and shortness of breath for the past 15 days. As far the examinations done and investigations revealed that she is suffering from an exacerbation of COPD along with right heart failure associated with bronchiectasis. Case 2: CASE:https://kausalyavarma.blogspot.com/2021/05/ In my opinion:  Patient is a known case of Denovo...