PBL Sessions: Hematology Organ System - 2

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Case Introduction and Chief Complaint:

Your patient is a 37-year-old woman who has experienced increasing fatigue over the past 6 months. She has less energy. She finds it difficult to climb more than one flight of stairs. In the past month she has noted painful swelling of her right leg.

Tasks

• What problems can you identify?

• What hypotheses can you suggest that might be causing her problems?

• Explain your reasoning for the hypotheses you choose.

• What learning issues are being identified?

• What additional information might you request?

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