Clinical E-Logs in Medicine

  From the Author   Hi, this is Amili Dutta, a medical student currently studying in India. In this blog post, I aim to briefly compile as well as describe some fascinating cases that I have come across so far in my undergraduate program. I would also like to mention some of the lessons I have learnt through out the course, as well as elaborate on an interesting yet intriguing case of Multifocal motor neuropathy, which in my opinion, was a challenging case I have come across till date.    I would like to thank my seniors and my professors for giving me this opportunity, for patiently guiding and teaching me from the small lessons on how to handle a patient to concepts I would never forget. Without their contributions, this post wouldn't be in an organized form as you read it today.    So without further ado, I welcome you to read on further and encourage you to try and view these cases from an eyes of a simple yet curious medical student. CBB...

  3rd May 2023 NOTE: THIS IS AN ONLINE E LOGBOOK 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 A SERIES OF INPUTS FROM THE AVAILABLE GLOBAL ONLINE COMMUNITY OF EXPERTS INTENDING TO SOLVE THOSE CLINICAL PROBLEMS WITH COLLECTIVE CURRENT BEST EVIDENCE-BASED INPUT. This is the case of a 61-year-old male, resident of West Bengal, and retired Engineer by occupation. The following history was taken through a telephone conversation. The patient was explained about confidentiality and written consent was taken to create the following case report. This case report aims to record the patient's journey. CHIEF COMPLAINTS:- - Patient complains spreading of rash since last forty years. History of present illness:- According to the patient, the onset of rash was gradual and nature of the rash is  progressive over the last forty years. It started of...

  2nd May 2023 NOTE: THIS IS AN ONLINE E LOGBOOK 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 A SERIES OF INPUTS FROM THE AVAILABLE GLOBAL ONLINE COMMUNITY OF EXPERTS INTENDING TO SOLVE THOSE CLINICAL PROBLEMS WITH COLLECTIVE CURRENT BEST EVIDENCE-BASED INPUT. This is the case of a 72-year-old female, resident of West Bengal, and Home Maker by occupation. The following history was taken through a telephone conversation. The patient was explained about confidentiality and written consent was taken to create the following case report. This case report aims to record the patient's journey. CHIEF COMPLAINTS:- - Patient complains stiffness of joints since 2005. - She also complains of having UTI since 2008. - The patient reports having eye pain in the supra-orbital region since last month. History of present illness:- Before the year 200...