CASE: Knee PainnnA 15-year-old male reports dull pain in both knees. Sometimes one or both knees click, and the patient describes a catching sensation under the patella. In determining the causes of the knee pain, what additional history do you need? What categories can you use to differentiate knee pain? What are your specific differential diagnoses for knee pain? What physical examination will you perform? What anatomic structures are you assessing as part of the physical examination? What special maneuvers will you perform?nn
nnTo prepare:nnWith regard to the case study you were assigned:nn· Review this week’s Learning Resources, and consider the insights they provide about the case study.nn· Consider what history would be necessary to collect from the patient in the case study you were assigned.nn· Consider what physical exams and diagnostic tests would be appropriate to gather more information about the patient’s condition. How would the results be used to make a diagnosis?nn· Identify at least five possible conditions that may be considered in a differential diagnosis for the patient.nnAddress all these in the SOAP Note not an Narrative Essay (Follow the SOAP Note Template on the attachment):nn1. A description of the health history you would need to collect from the patient in the case study to which you were assigned.nn2. Explain what physical exams and diagnostic tests would be appropriate and how the results would be used to make a diagnosis.nn3. List five different possible conditions for the patient’s differential diagnosis, and justify why you selected each.nn4. Include how the patient X-ray helped you to refine the differential diagnosisnn nnREMINDER:Please make a SOAP NOTE for this case. Make your own patient’s data, applicable health history, review of systems, P.E., labs, differential diagnosis, final diagnosis etc. Incorporate the data from the case in the SOAP note that you will do… This is not a narrative essay ok…. I need SOAP note (Nurse Practitioner/RN/MD makes SOAP note)… Be guided with the SOAP Note in the templates/exemplar… Don’t copy paste. Formulate your own… Don’t forget to cite the Five different possible conditions (Differential diagnosis) and have Reference lists too.
