Ann is a 34-year-old African American woman who presents
Ann is a 34-year-old African American woman who presents with a 6 week history of initial and terminal insomnia and a 10 pound weight loss over that same period. She admits to feeling sad almost every day for the past 6 weeks that occurred after she lost her job. She denies feeling enjoyment, has not […]
Part 1 M.S. is a 26-year-old woman who is pregnant with her
Part 1 M.S. is a 26-year-old woman who is pregnant with her first child. Her husband accompanied her to all her prenatal visits. An ultrasound during a routine visit at 34 weeks’ gestation revealed that the baby had hydrocephalus and a myelomeningocele. The parents were initially devastated but remained very excited about the birth of […]
A woman enters an emergency room with stomach pain. She
A woman enters an emergency room with stomach pain. She undergoes scans and is diagnosed with a weakening wall of one of the chambers of her heart. The doctor informs the patient that the only way to fix the problem is with surgery and her chances of survival are 50/50. The doctor also tells the […]
Case 1 A 20-year-old woman comes in concerned that she has
Case 1 A 20-year-old woman comes in concerned that she has genital herpes as she has been having unprotected sex. She does not have any lesions but wants to be tested. An antibody test is done and the results revealed the following: HSV 1 IgG type-specific antibody: < 0.90 (negative) HSV 2 IgG type-specific […]