You should provide a clear history and clinical evidence to allow an accurate di

You should provide a clear history and clinical evidence to allow an accurate diagnosis of the medical condition. Additionally, you should also create up to 10 supplemental questions relevant to your research topic. This will provide current research to provide information for someone to diagnose and manage a patient with the condition you selected as medical reference. It should be formal and proofread with reliable resources and complete content.
The following sections should be included in the Case Study. The amount written for each section will vary according to your specific disease and information available.
• Title Page: Name, Course + Section Number, Chief Complaint
• Case Presentation
o Provide the case background and details (can be done all at once or revealed over multiple sections)
o Don’t forget to include some questions for classmates to think about
• Chief Complaint (CC)
• History (Subjective)
• Physical Exam (Objective) – clinical manifestations
o Labs/Imaging
o Studies
• Transmission and Pathogenesis:
o Explain the mechanisms of disease (e.g. genetic, or explain pathophysiology). You can include images, but don’t forget to cite!
o Discuss development and major manifestations (link to Signs/Symptoms in this case)
o How might it progress? How is it related to your case?
• Epidemiology
o Who is most likely to get sick, certain populations (e.g. diabetics, immune-compromised, old/young, etc.) Associations with specific jobs or activities? Known Risk factors?
o Statistics: Discuss the incidence/prevalence (how many people are infected annually) Morbidity (how many living with the disease and get complications) and mortality (how many people die?)
• Diagnosis:
o Differential diagnoses? What other diseases might it be confused with? List a few to rule out.
o How do we currently diagnose? Blood Work? Which lab tests, imaging tests, or specific tests are useful? Explain how some of the tests work, especially important ones. Are you testing for antigens? Antibodies? What results might you see? Any definitive tests?
o Are there any new techniques to diagnosis? Use research article(s) to evaluate and summarize.
• Treatment:
o What are the major considerations for managing these patients? Medical? Interventions? Procedures? Surgery? Etc.
o Meds: Do not put just “antibiotics” or “anti-fungal” – I would like you to write specific names of typical treatments, also if you can find the dosages and treatment course protocol, too.
 1st choice vs. back up therapies?
 *Discuss the mechanism of action of the drug and tie it into how it is effective in treating the condition (identify the drug targets). Are there any major side effects or contraindications?
 New treatments being studied? Use research article(s) to summarize and discuss.
o Procedures or Surgery: briefly explain the procedure, how does it work?
• Control Measures/Prevention/Patient Education
o Preventative measures to protect individuals from morbidity or spreading the disease
 Behavioral/Diet/Exercise (try to be specific)
 What things do your patient (and or family) need to know?
 E.g. Vaccines – current? New ones being studied? Use article(s) to discuss and summarize findings.
o Are there any protocols or precautions being studied currently? Use articles/journals if available.
• Conclusion
o Summary/Future Implications/Interesting Facts. Summarize your paper briefly and close.
o Consider: Is the disease on the rise or slowly being eradicated? Is drug resistance a problem?
o Any other interesting new research in the field?
o This is the section where you tie up loose ends and make a conclusion about the disease.
• Bibliography/References
o CITE PROPERLY
o Minimum of FIVE (5) sources from scientific/medical journals must be used
o Do NOT use Wikipedia as a source – it is a good place to start gathering information and finding other sources to use. No websites (.com/.org etc)
o You may include in each section relevant images, diagrams, maps if you wish, but it is not required. These also must be cited correctly.