A 2-week-old female newborn delivered at term is brought to the physician by her mother because of an increasingly severe diaper rash since birth. No congenital anomalies were
A 76-year-old man comes to the emergency department because of a 12-hour history of fever and left lower quadrant abdominal pain. He has not passed a stool for
A 6-year-old boy is brought to the physician by his parents because of a 3-day history of fever, headache, and cough productive of a green, foulsmelling discharge that
A 68-year-old woman has the sudden onset of weakness in her right arm and leg. She can speak, but her words are not enunciated clearly. Neurologic examination 6
A 15-year-old girl is brought to the physician by her mother because of an 8-month history of fatigue; she has had a 6.8-kg (15-lb) weight gain during this
A previously healthy 32-year-old woman who works as a nurse comes to the emergency department because of a 3-week history of episodes of dizziness, nausea, and profuse sweating
A 74-year-old man comes to the physician for a follow-up examination. He has a 3-month history of severe pain and swelling of the metacarpophalangeal joints, wrists, elbows, and
Hospital discharge of a 75-year-old man is delayed due to unavailability of a bed in a nursing home. He is bedridden and unable to attend to his personal
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