Monday, December 15, 2014

CPS CASE 225. D Is for Delay

Pain and paresthesias of the bilateral lower extremities are characteristic of a polyneuropathy.

両下肢の痛みと知覚異常は多発ニューロパチーの特徴である。

Sunday, December 14, 2014

CPS CASE 224. A Chilly Fever

Fevers associated with many conditions are worse in the evening owing to the circadian rhythm of body temperature; consequently, this pattern need not imply a true “periodic fever.”

多くの病状に関連した発熱は日内変動により夜間に悪化するので、このパターンは必ずしも本当の周期熱を意味するわけではない。


Saturday, December 13, 2014

CPS CASE 223. Against the Grain

The description of the abdominal pain raises concern about peritoneal inflammation.

この腹痛の描写は腹膜炎の懸念をもたげる。

Friday, December 12, 2014

CPS CASE 222. A Tight Predicament

The differential diagnosis for acute respiratory distress in pregnant women is similar to that in the general population and includes community-acquired pneumonia, asthma exacerbation, pulmonary embolism, and cardiogenic or noncardiogenic pulmonary edema.

妊婦の急性呼吸不全の鑑別診断は一般のそれと同様で、市中肺炎、喘息の増悪、肺塞栓、心原性あるいは非心原性の肺水腫などがある。

Thursday, December 11, 2014

CPS CASE 221. A Gut Instinct

Infectious causes, particularly viruses, are responsible for most cases of acute diarrhea.

感染、特にウイルスが多くの急性下痢症のケースの原因となっている。

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

CPS CASE 220. A Creeping Suspicion

Acute changes in mental status warrant prompt evaluation.

意識状態の急な変化は迅速な評価を要する。

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

CPS CASE 219. Spot Diagnosis

Glioblastoma multiforme is an aggressive astrocytic tumor that is common in adults but rare in children.

多発性神経膠芽腫は、通常成人に生じ子供では稀な、劇症型星状神経細胞腫瘍である。

Monday, December 8, 2014

CPS CASE 218. Out of the Blue

Although the differential diagnosis for lower-extremity edema is broad, two features of this presentation help to narrow it: the acute onset and the asymmetric distribution.

下肢の浮腫の鑑別診断は多いが、発症の二つの特徴が診断を絞るのに役立つ。急性の発症と非対称な分布がそうだ。

Sunday, December 7, 2014

CPS CASE 217. Unfolding the Diagnosis

This patient's symptoms of fever, chills, and malaise are nonspecific and may occur with viral or bacterial infection or noninfectious inflammation.

この患者の発熱、おかん、倦怠感という徴候は非特異的で、ウイルス性や細菌性の感染、非感染性の炎症でも起こすかもしれない。

Saturday, December 6, 2014

CPS CASE 216. Wasting Away

The subacute symptoms of diffuse pain and weight loss have a broad differential diagnosis.

亜急性の全身の痛みと体重減少という徴候は、多くを鑑別しなければならない。

Friday, December 5, 2014

CPS CASE 215. Missing Elements of the History

New-onset dyspnea and cough in an otherwise healthy middle-aged person is most commonly due to acute bronchitis.

息切れと咳が新たに出現して、その他は健康な中年の患者では、最もふつうなのは急性気管支炎である。

Thursday, December 4, 2014

CPS CASE 214. An Unusual Case of Abdominal Pain

The initial evaluation of a patient with acute abdominal pain should focus on identifying life-threatening causes and surgical emergencies such as cholecystitis, aortic dissection, mesenteric ischemia, and bowel perforation.

急性の腹痛の初期評価では生命を脅かす原因と外科的緊急症にフォーカスすべきである。例えば、胆嚢炎、動脈解離、腸間膜虚血、腸管穿孔など。

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

CPS CASE 213. A Shocking Development

Upper respiratory tract symptoms, particularly when they occur in the winter and involve a number of contacts, are suggestive of a community-acquired respiratory virus, such as influenza.

上気道の徴候は、特に冬季に起こり多くの接触歴があれば、インフルエンザのような市中呼吸器ウイルスが示唆される。

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

CPS CASE 212. A Curious Case of Chest Pain

Although the differential diagnosis for chest pain is broad, chest pressure in a 67-year-old man should immediately raise suspicion of cardiac ischemia.

胸痛の鑑別診断は広範だが、67歳男性の胸部圧迫感はすぐに心筋虚血を疑うべきである。

Monday, December 1, 2014

CPS CASE 211. Venting the Spleen

An anatomical approach is helpful in formulating the differential diagnosis of abdominal pain.

解剖学的アプローチは腹痛の鑑別診断を形成するのに役立つ。