Clinical Stories

Clinical Stories

Clinical Stories as might be told while making teaching rounds in the hospital.

Share
Clinical Stories
  • Depression

    This patient seemed sad, so I asked her about it.

  • Decreased Fetal Movement

    This patient is close to her due date and notices decreased fetal movement.

  • BC Patch

    This patient was having problems with birth control pills and wanted to try the contraceptive patch.

  • Lump in Vulva

    This patient noticed an annoying lump in her vulva.

  • Agitation

    This patient seemed jumpy during her routine exam.

  • Slip and Fall

    Accidental vulvar injury

  • Wants a Postpartum Tubal Ligation

    This patient is counseled about her choice, its pros, cons and alternatives.

  • Flank Pain in Pregnancy

    This patient had a 2-day history of nausea, anorexia and right flank and upper back pain at 37 weeks gestation.

  • Overdue

    This patient is past her due date.

  • Post Caesarean Fever

    She’s a 35 year old woman who had a primary cesarean section 10 days ago. She was seen in the emergency room because of a gradual onset of lower abdominal pain, fever and redness around the wound.

  • Unwell

    Gina McPhee is a 27 year old primigravida with an uncomplicated prenatal course.

    She came to the hospital yesterday afternoon, with nausea, vomiting, swelling of her face and hands, and a sense that something wasn’t right.

  • Twins

    Sabrina Pollack is a 33 year old woman, pregnant at 32 4/7 weeks with diamniotic, dichorionic twins who were conceived with IVF.

  • Bleeding

    Sue Fortson is a 23 year old gravida-2, para-1, admitted with a known placenta previa.

  • Abdominal Pain

    Melinda Halsey is a 31 year old gravida-2, para-1, at 35 4/7 weeks gestation who presented yesterday with abdominal pain.

  • Heavy Periods 45

    Sandra Hash is a 45 year old long time patient of mine who was in the office several months ago for a routine physical exam when she noted on her intake questionnaire that she was having trouble with heavy periods.

  • Heavy Periods 25

    Susie Bauman is a 25 year old long time patient of mine who was in the office several months ago for a routine physical exam, when she noted on her intake questionnaire that she was having trouble with heavy periods.

  • Painful Urination II

    Sally Pitkin came in complaining of painful urination. When I went into the exam room to see her she described the pain as very severe, on the outside.

  • Painful Urination

    Geraldine Bradbury is a 22 year old nulligravida who saw me in the clinic because of painful urination. Whenever she would urinate, it would hurt, particularly at the end of urination. She said she was urinating all the time, like two or three times in an hour and producing only a small amount of...

  • Postpartum Breast Pain

    Part of the "Let's go on Rounds" series. The video describes the patient's presentation, clinical findings, diagnosis and initial management, followed by their clinical course.