Patient Oriented Problem Solving:
A Case Study

1.Read the article, Why is He So Weak? (Pamela Grim, Discover, November, 2002)

2.Add the following words to your glossary:

Intermittent

channelopathies

cardiogram

Tachycardia

  hypokalemia

 electrocardiogram

3. You will now read the article again and record the following information in your notebooks:

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What symptoms does the patient exhibit?

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Possible hypotheses

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The results of the physical examination

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Laboratory tests that are ordered

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Results of lab tests

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Diagnosis

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Cause of the disease

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Treatment

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Any unanswered questions (need for further research)

4. Put this information on the Doctor's Chart.


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