144 Varshitha Kalidindi

 Welcome to my blog! I am Varshitha Kalidindi, a 2nd year medical student. This is an e-log to discuss our patient's de-identified health data after taking informed consent of the patient. It also reflects patient centered online learning portfolio. I will be looking forward to some feedback and valuable inputs through the comments box provided below.  I have been given this case 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, diagnosis and treatment plan. CASE:- A 55 year old male came to the general medicine OPD with complaints of difficulty in swallowing, loss of appetite, fever and dark tarry stools all since one week. He has also been having hiccups since 4 days.     The patient was apparently asymptomatic 12 years back. He then had fever, loose stools and went to the hospital. He was diagnosed with ?acute gastroenteritis

 Welcome to my blog! I am Varshitha Kalidindi, a 2nd year medical student. This is an e-log to discuss our patient's de-identified health data after taking informed consent of the patient. It also reflects patient centred online learning portfolio. I will be looking forward to some feedback and valuable inputs through the comments box provided below.  I have been given this case 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, diagnosis and treatment plan. CASE:- A 45 year old female came to the OPD with complaints of reduced urine output from 1 week, easy fatiguability from one week and shortness of breath grade-IV from 3 days. She also had vomitings and pain in the lower back bilaterally. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS:- Before the illness, she was a daily wage labourer and also tended to duties at home like cooking, sweeping, do