Case Study

 

Post a response to the following:

  • Provide the case number in the subject line of the Discussion.
  • List three questions you might ask the patient if he or she were in  your office. Provide a rationale for why you might ask these questions.  
  • Identify people in the patient’s life you would need to speak to or  get feedback from to further assess the patient’s situation. Include  specific questions you might ask these people and why.
  • Explain what physical exams and diagnostic tests would be appropriate for the patient and how the results would be used.
  • List three differential diagnoses for the patient. Identify the one that you think is most likely and explain why.
  • List two pharmacologic agents and their dosing that would be  appropriate for the patient’s ADHD therapy based on pharmacokinetics and  pharmacodynamics. From a mechanism of action perspective, provide a  rationale for why you might choose one agent over the other.
  • If your assigned case includes “check points” (i.e., follow-up data  at week 4, 8, 12, etc.), indicate any therapeutic changes that you  might make based on the data provided.
  • Explain “lessons learned” from this case study, including how you  might apply this case to your own practice when providing care to  patients with similar clinical presentations.

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