Ms. Jones was a thin African American woman in her early 40s, although she appeared
much older. Four years before I met her, she had been hospitalized for a month with …

I found her lying upon her back, with her head drawn so far over that I could only sec her
chin, her face looking buck toward tho walls of the room. The first impression on seeing her …

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CASE A 62-year-old unmarried woman, a school principal, presents with the complaint that
6 weeks earlier she had developed vague abdominal pain and blurry vision and had lost …

The client, Antoinette Hilbert-Smith, attended the outpatient clinic with her mother, Maria
Hilbert-Smith. Antoinette had been referred by a general physician for extreme weight loss …

(Case presenter) A 90-year-old woman visited our hospital because of appetite loss for the
last 2 weeks. The patient lived in a nursing care house, had good communication with …

Several weeks ago, I was running late to my afternoon clinic. Literally, I could not move my
feet fast enough. Reminiscent of 1990's childhood computer games, my Oregon Trail tempo …

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WHEN I first saw Mary, she was in a wheelchair being pushed by her elderly daughter. I was
young and new to my rural family practice, but even a neophyte knew that this 99-year-old …

A 45-year-old female is referred to your office with recurrent abdominal pain, bloating and
diarrhea. As a teenager she recalls having had constipation once every three to four days …