Case: 4-year-old with Fever Presents to Family Medicine Clinic
Über den Vortrag
Der Vortrag „Case: 4-year-old with Fever Presents to Family Medicine Clinic“ von Charles Vega, MD ist Bestandteil des Kurses „Year 4 – Selective Sub-Internship“.
Quiz zum Vortrag
A previously healthy 5-year-old boy is brought to the clinic because of fever and dry cough for 2 days. His fever has partially responded to acetaminophen. He is on her mom's lap playing quietly with a book. His temperature is 38.5℃, respirations are 25/min, and pulse is 110/min. Other than nasal congestion, his physical examination shows no abnormalities. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step in diagnosis or management of this patient?
- Supportive management
- Nasal flu swab
- Chest X-ray
- Empiric antibiotics
- Inhaled albuterol
A previously healthy 7-year-old boy is brought to the physician because of 2 episodes of vomiting over the past 24 hours. He had a low-grade fever the day before. He refused to eat breakfast this morning. He is sitting on the office bench and is attentive. His heart rate is 100/min and temperature is 37.1℃. He doesn't have a fever or rash. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step in diagnosis?
- Assessment of skin and mucous membranes for signs of dehydration
- Abdominal CT scan
- Stool ova and parasites
- Abdominal X-ray
- Uranalysis
Dozent des Vortrages Case: 4-year-old with Fever Presents to Family Medicine Clinic
Charles Vega, MD
Dr. Charles Vega is the Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at the University of California, Irvine in California, USA.
He obtained his Medical Degree from the University of Wisconsin, and completed residency training in Family Medicine at UC Irvine. Currently, he is the Executive Director of UCI’s Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community.
Due to his achievements, he earned a Macy Faculty Scholarship to improve patient-centered health education at UCI.
Within Lecturio, Dr. Vega teaches courses on Family Medicine.
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Learning how to treat a very typical easy case is very helpful to students. We learn so many diseases we fear it could be something rare or that we are always missing something serious.
Good scenarios, it is typical case you see in clinics. Plus the explanations given is easy to digest and understand.
