Case 1 Example
Case 1 Example
I. Patient’s Profile
Chief Complaint
She was admitted for having high fever for 2 days with vomiting.
Present Illness
S.Q. was only admitted to the hospital due to gastrointestinal problem
now and was also suspected of urinary tract infection by Dra. Campos. Aside from
the diagnosis, no other disease or complication was seen or diagnosed.
Mrs. Q says “ eto first time nya ma-admit after nya ipanganak.” S.Q. gets
seasonal cough and colds at times but never serious because it usually last only
for a few days. They always consult their doctor once sick. She is complete in her
vaccinations except those which would be taken on her 1 year of age.
No one in the family had any respiratory illness or allergies. On her father’s
side, almost all have hypertension. One member of their family died on a heart
attack.
Health Perception
S.Q. weighs 8.7 kg. She eats soft foods. She drinks 6-7 bottles of
milk in a day. Mrs. Q provides her daughter milk and food in accordance to
age and doctor’s advise. She drinks formula milk. She stop being breastfed
when she was 10 ½ moths. She has no allergy.
Elimination
She defecates once or twice a day in her usual days. She changes
diaper 3-5 times in a day when full or had defecated. She was advise to
use Lactacid for her perennial wash and calmoseptin ointment on her
diaper rash.
Activity-Exercise
S.Q. is a very playful and active girl. She has lots of energy but cries
when she doesn’t like something. She smiles and laughs a lot. Her
coordination, gait, balance is not yet stable due to age. Her daily living
activities were provided by her parents. There is no musculoskeletal
impairment. She usually plays after she wakes up in the morning.
Sleep-Rest
She sleeps at 8 P.M. in the evening and usually gets up 7 A.M. – 8
A.M. in the morning. After playing or eating she takes a nap. She has
straight undisturbed sleep at night.
Cognitive Perceptual
Self-Perception
S.Q. is not afraid of new people around her. She is friendly and is
easy to accommodate.
Sexual-Reproduction
Prior to age, S.Q. is not yet oriented with any sexual matters.
Coping Stress
In her age, she usually cries when something is wrong about her.
Simple smile or cry is a sign of her comfort, distress or feelings. She is
familiarized to her family members and long for them when she doesn’t
want the situation like giving of medications or other procedures.
Role-Relationship
She doesn’t know the concept of death yet due to age. Forms
words like “dede” and “dada”. She knows her family members and can
easily familiarize the people around her.
Value-Belief
Skin
Palpation
Skin appendages
a. Nails
Eyes
Ears
Nose
Mouth and
Pharynx
Lips
Inspection Pink, moist Pink, moist Normal
symmetric symmetric
Neck
Thyroid gland Palpation Rises freely with Rises freely with Normal
swallowing swallowing
Thorax and Lungs Auscultatio Clear breath Clear breath sounds Normal
n sounds
Abdomen Inspection Skin same color Skin same color with Normal
with the rest of the rest of the body
the body
Clicks or gurling
Clicks or gurling sounds occur
Bowel sounds Auscultatio sounds occur irregularly and range
n irregularly and from 5-35 per minute
Normal
range from 5-35
per minute
Neurology
system
Gender : Male
Status : Single
Nationality : Filipino
“Masyado na kasing liquid yung tae na lumalabas sa colostomy bag niya” as verbalized
by the mother
History revealed that 10 days prior to admission, patient was discharge for acute
gastroenteritis. Prior to discharge, the consistency of the stool was soft, non-bloody, and
the patient was active, no fever and vomiting.
On the 9th day until the 2nd day prior to admission, the patient didn’t experience
any signs of further symptoms of acute gastroenteritis.
One day prior to admission, patient had loose watery yellowish stools via
ileostomy bag. He had fever of 39oC, 3-4 episodes of vomiting of milk amounted 2-3 tbs.
Symptoms persisted until few hours prior to admission; patient was noted to be
irritable. Thus patient brought to Ospital ng Makati for re-admission.
The patient was delivered NSD at one of the lying-in at La Union and was fully
immunized. He had previous case of intussusceptions, s/p exploratory laparotomy, ileal
resection with ileostomy, appendectomy last December 19, 2010.
VACCINE Age of Vaccination
BCG At birth
Hepa B At birth
Vit. K At birth
DPT 6 weeks
OPV 6weeks
AMV 9 months
C. Elimination pattern
The mother changes his diaper three times a day. According to the mother,
the patient defecates three times a day with yellow colored stool. The consistency
of his stool is condensed, soft and slightly formed. When he was hospitalized, her
mother then changes his diaper two times a day and his stool is watery.
The patient is active and is oriented with the people around him. He could
recognize his mother and father.
General
(+) altered sleeping pattern
Integumentary System
(+) pruritus around the skin barrier of ileostomy bag
Gastrointestinal System
Stool from ileostomy bag was yellowish in colour, ~ half of plastic cup as amount and drain
twice a day
CEPHALOCAUDAL EXAMINATION
Initial Vital Signs Heart rate : 130 bpm Heart rate : 120-160 bpm
Respiratory rate : 34 cpm Respiratory rate : 20-40 cpm
Temperature : 36.5 C Temperature : 36.5-37.5C
Organ/ Techniques of Findings Reference findings
system physical
examination
Head (Facial Inspection (-) lesions (-) lesions
features ) (-) areas of deformity (-) areas of deformity
Symmetric facial Symmetric facial
features features
Supple Supple
(-) vein engorgement (-) vein engorgement
Umbilicus Umbilicus
Facial ring ~2cm Facial ring ~2cm
(-) hernia (-) hernia
Right & left Kidney: Right & left Kidney:
(+) palpable as size as (+) palpable as size as
walnut walnut
Extremities Inspection Upper extremities: Upper extremities:
Lower Extremities
Inspection (bilaterally):
(-) pallor
(-) cyanosis (-) pallor
(-) rashes (-) cyanosis
(-) edema (-) rashes
(+) nails are convex (-) edema
(-) nails cyanosis and (+) nails are convex
Clubbing (-) nails cyanosis and
clubbing
Pulse of Dorsalis pedis
and Posterior tibia was Pulse of Dorsalis pedis
Palpation normal and symmetric and Posterior tibia was
(-) palpable popliteal normal and symmetric
nodes (-) palpable popliteal
(+) capillary refill nodes
within 2 secs. (-) cold (+) capillary refill within
and clammy extremities 2 secs. (-) cold and
clammy extremities
Genitalia Inspection Penis: Penis:
(+) Uncircumcised (+) Uncircumcised
(-) lesions and normal for his age
deformities (-) lesions and
deformities
XII. Diagnosis