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REASONING
dr. Rahma Triliana, S.Ked. M.Kes
CLINICAL REASONING
IS
THE MOST ESSENTIAL
SKILL NEEDED TO
PRACTICE MEDICINE
Reduced
Dispersed
(empty mind)
Elaborated
Compiled
(deductive thinking)
(cluttered mind)
(recall/recognition)
CLINICAL REASONING,
ASSESSMENT & PLAN
Detailed
exams
Analyze & Identify problems that needed to
be solved
Form an assessment
Plan your action
Record
Knowledge of Medicine
Analitical/Logical Thinking Abitilty to
reason
Curiousity
Thoroughness (in certain occation)
Open Mind Accept any possibility
For the Greater Good
CLINICAL PROCESS
S = Subjective = History taking (patients or family)
O = Objective = Physical exam & laboratory test
BEGINNING OF PATIENT
ENCOUNTERS
Try
on
Pathogenesis
What is the diagnosis? Treatment & Plan
PRACTICE
STEPS of CLINICAL
REASONING
Identify
Abnormal Findings
Localize findings anatomically
Interpret findings in term of probable process
Make hypotheses about the nature of
patients problem
Test The hypotheses & establish a Working
Diagnosis
Develop a plan agreeable to the patients
symthoms List
Make signs list
Plan laboratory test needed (begin with basic
lab e.g. CBC, urinalysis, Liver Function Test,
& Renal Function Test)
Make list of abnormal laboratory findings
Make additional laboratory test if needed
LOCALIZE FINDINGS
ANATOMICALLY
Draw all your knowledge & Experience (Read again if you must)
Find Patterns of abnormalities & disease then cluster them with
your patients
Use evidence-based-decission making COMMON THINGS
ACCURS COMMONLY
Select the most spesific & critical findings to support your
hypothesis
Match your findings with againts all the conditions you know that
can produce them
Eliminate the diagnostic possibility & select the most likely
diagnosis (consider epidemiological study)
Give special attention to potentially life threatening & treatable
conditions & always include The WORST Case scenario in
your list of diagnosis & DD
Further History
Additional maneuvers on physical exams
Other Laboratory studies
Radiologic test to confirm or to rule out
tentantive diagnosis
For simple cases (out patients management,
this and onward steps may not be necessary)
ESTABLISH A WORKING
DIAGNOSIS
Mention
THERAPY AS A SCIENCE
Decission
EG. Case I
Ny I, 35 tahun, datang dgn keluhan demam, BAK
nyeri (Disuria), rasa tak tuntas saat berkemih (Anyanganyangen) dan nyeri pinggang. Ia juga mengeluh mual,
namun tidak muntah. BAB tidak ada keluhan, & menstruasi
terakhir tgl 16-08-07
Hasil pemeriksaan fisik; Tensi 120/80mmhg, Nadi
80x/min, reguler, kuat. RR 18x/min & T.Ax = 38,9oC. KU
lemah & anemis, Kepala, leher, thorax, & extremitas tidak
ditemukan kelainan. Pada abdomen didapatkan peningkatan
bising usus, pembesaran uterus setara kehamilan 14 16
minggu, dan nyeri tekan supra pubik. Flank pain dan flank
mass tidak didapatkan
Clinical Reasoning
Is Not Something That
You Can Achieve
Overnight But Its A
Results Of Simple
Means Of Commonsense & Perseverance
The