I came across this post. This is exactly the questions my resident and my
attending grilled me on admission and on rounding.
If you understand most of his questions and think like this, YOU ARE READY!
This following case is a common encounter for us internal medicine docs.
Very common.
An 82 year old nursing home patient has shortness of breath.
Let's stop right here. Shortness of breath. What does that mean? Is that
the patient's description? Is that the care giver's description? Can the
