Yaser Kallas IF Host Defence and Neoplasia
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Tutorial
Yaser is a 36-year-old man who is brought to the emergency room by his wife after feeling quite unwell for the past 2 days with shaking chills and fever, along with some upset stomach. He is extremely weak and unable to provide significant details and his wife does not speak English. In reviewing his chart from a previous visit for a sprained ankle you are able to elicit that he’s a refugee from Syria who came to Canada 18 months ago and has two children. He was not previously taking any regular medications and he does not seem to have a significant past medical history other than a splenectomy secondary to a trauma 8 years ago. On assessment at triage he is found to have a temperature of 39.2 Celsius, a blood pressure of 86/60 and a heart rate of 125 bpm. His oxygen saturation is 85% on room air and he is tachypneic with a respiratory rate of 34. He is very drowsy, but rousable, however unable to engage in significant conversation. He appears diaphoretic and his extremities are warm to touch.

Curriculum Block

Host Defense and Neoplasia / Integration Foundation / Part 5 / Week 1
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Mid-Unit Tutorial Assessment
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Tags

Basic Sciences
Diagnosis Microbiology
CanMEDS Roles
Medical Expert
Curriculum Block
Host Defense and Neoplasia Integration Foundation Part 5 Week 1
Curriculum Week
IF Week 1
Discipline
Emergency Medicine Infectious Diseases Microbiology Public health
General MCC Objectives
Clinical Judgement And Decision-Making Management Skills
Longitudinal Discipline
Immunology
MCC Presentations
Concepts of Health and Its Determinants Fever and Hyperthermia Health and the Climate Crisis Hypotension/Shock Providing anti-oppressive health care
McMaster Program Competencies
1.1 Gather essential and accurate information about patients and their health through history-taking, physical examination, and the use of laboratory data, imaging, and other tests. 1.3 Interpret laboratory data, imaging studies, and other tests required for the area of practice 1.4 Make informed decision about diagnostic and therapeutic interventions based on patient information and preferences, up-to-date scientific evidence, and clinical judgment 1.5 Develop and carry out patient management plans 2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations. 2.3 Apply principles of clinical sciences to diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, clinical problem-solving, and other aspects of evidence-based healthcare 2.5 Apply principles of socio-behavioural sciences to the provision of patient care, including assessment of the impact of psychosocial and cultural influences on health, disease, care-seeking, care concordance, care adherence and barriers to and attitudes toward care.
MeSH
Anti-Bacterial Agents [D27.505.954.122.085] Anti-Infective Agents [D27.505.954.122] Community-Acquired Infections [C01.234] Emigrants and Immigrants [M01.189] Fever [C23.888.119.344] Pneumonia [C08.381.677] Refugees [M01.755] Sepsis [C01.757] Shock [C23.550.835] Shock, Septic [C23.550.835.900.712] Spleen [A10.549.700] Spleen [A15.382.520.604.700]