| QUIZ: Bloody rhinitis |
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| Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:23 |
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Case description: A patient came to the ER with bloody rhinitis which he had for a week QUIZ questions: Shall we hospitalize the patient or send him back home with appropriate instructions? What do you think - are any procedures necessary? Prove your theory.
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It seems like haematological problem, but it's only a hunch.
Definitely we shall look for a reason of haemoptysis.
At the moment we aren't having much information, but basic tests should say us something:
- morphology
- ESR
- chest X-ray
I also would like to ask about:
- patients medicines
- age
- other complains: ostealgia?
- other diseases?
- professional and free time history
- alcohol, cigarettes, drugs
Morphology - leukocytosis 13 000
ESR - 58
X-ray - infiltrations and round shadows in lungs
History:
- he doesn't take any medicines permanently
- age - 35 years old
- other complains: myalgia and arthralgia intensified last time
- other diseases - none
- professional and free time history - irrelevant
- since 10 years he smokes (half pack a day), alcohol occasionally
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