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A 27 year old male presented to the OPD with fever and cough since 10 days

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  A 27 year old male came to the OPD with complaints of fever associated with productive cough since nearly two weeks. HOPI Patient was apparently asymptomatic two weeks ago. Patient developed a fever 10 days ago which did not reduce with medication. Patient was taken to a clinic near his house where he received injections for the fever. When the fever did not subside, patient was brought to the hospital 5 days ago. Fever is of continuous type with diurnal variations. Patient has associated cough which is productive with blood stained sputum.  Patient also complains of left sided chest pain and pain along the left mid-axillary line since the onset of fever.  Patient appears weak and mentioned that he breathes with difficulty.  PAST ILLNESS No H/O diabetes, hypertension, tuberculosis, asthma or epilepsy. No previous surgeries. No previous blood donations. Patient was previously hospitalized twice: once for "stomach pain" 3 years ago, which reduced with medication; and...
  July 2021 bimonthly blended assessment Q1.  Competency tested for Peer to peer review and assessment : I have been asked to choose and review one of my batchmate's bimonthly assessment submitted on 1st July, 2021. I have reviewed the assignment submitted by Subhiksha.R, Roll no. 128. https://rsubhiksha128.blogspot.com/2021/07/128-subhikshar.html The design of her blog page was aesthetically pleasing and the content was appropriate and well organized.  Her response to the first question was remarkable. I agree with most of her reviews despite the fact that she was very generous while grading them. Appropriate details of the reviews were highlighted by her and useful feedback was given to the students.  She seems to have skipped the second question in which we were supposed to add the link of a case we had worked on. This could have been avoided. The third answer consisted of her critical appraisal of different case presentations. She has skillfully elaborated on the...
  Bimonthly Formative and summative assessment of 2017 batch (MBBS) Q1. Review of answers to the questions based on the following case: Pulmonology A 55 year old female patient, a resident of Miryalaguda and farmer by occupation came to the hospital on 17/5/21 with the chief complaints of shortness of breath, pedal edema and facial puffiness. Link to patient details : https://soumyanadella128eloggm.blogspot.com/2021/05/a-55-year-old-female-with-shortness-of.html   A.      Roll no. 5, A. Meghana Reddy Score: 5/5 Review: The patient suffered from multiple episodes of SOB (shortness of breath) that subsided on medicating. The problem seems to be in the bronchioles and the cause is the probable exposure to allergens while she was working in the fields. She is a known diabetic. The timeline and evolution of the symptoms in the patient has been presented in a simple and efficient manner. The detailed explanation of  mechanism of action, indic...