03-07-2010, 10:58 AM
pancreatic cancer can present with depression but only 3 criteria.......
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whats the answer? - thrombolyser
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03-07-2010, 11:05 AM
what about h/o falling to ground and hitting head now coming w/t subdural hematoma complaints
but also has abdominal complaints of pancreatic cancer(and no painless jaundice here) which answer to choose if there are 2 problems at a time in a pt. my way is to choose the dx for which the pt has come to u he came for CSD hematoma though additionally u found pancreatic cancer. so what to do in these types of qs choose pancreatic cancer or subdural hematoma though both present at the same time??????????
03-07-2010, 11:39 AM
hmmmm...........than definately go for bleed........subdural.............do ct....
03-07-2010, 11:41 AM
but for this qunnnnnnnn.................no headache or dememtia ....he feel tirwed and sleepy so pqncreatic cancer looks close
03-07-2010, 11:46 AM
abdominal pain that is constant and gnawing interfering with his sleep His apetite is poor and lost 15 pounds over the last month
and main c/o tiredness-- going for C...
03-07-2010, 11:51 AM
and also,
P/E --for tenderness and fullness in epigastrium. everythings are related to GI.
03-07-2010, 11:58 AM
meti if u read 1st 2 lines of qs the pt is more sleepy in 1st 2 lines and in 3rd line suddenly abd. pain is interfering with sleep
what do u think isnt the author of this q confused.
03-07-2010, 11:59 AM
author of this q confused have had head trauma, who knows
 need to investigate.
03-07-2010, 12:03 PM
ok,
i think it's just "extreme tirednes" due to malignant process. i am thinking that way. |
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