A structural lesion in the hypothalamic-pituitary axis could lead to an autonomic imbalance resulting in an attack-wise presentation of complaints.
The Sensation Method, developed by Raja Sankaran and colleagues, is an addition to classical homeopathic case taking focusing on coherent patterns of experience in the patients' presentation of complaints.
All cases were middle-aged women with subacute presentation of respiratory complaints, with dyspnea and cough being the most common complaints; two of the women also described an initial influenza-like illness.
Realizing the deficiency in identifying early dementia, this study aimed to develop a screening tool to recognize elderly patients who present in primary care setting with symptoms of early dementia other than presentation of memory complaints.
The aim of this study was to determine the notification by general practitioners (GPs) to the Municipal Health Service (MHS) and the presentation of measles complaints by patients to the GP during a measles epidemic in a 78% vaccinated population.
Optimizing this requires an awareness that gender (1) has an impact on health, and (2) affects the presentation of health complaints.
This criterion is not meant to be a true gold standard for somatization, but rather a reasonable indicator of somatization (i.e. the presentation of somatic complaints unexplained by physical illness), relevant for primary care.
Additional information was collected from the patient records: day and time of presentation, chief complaint, presenting with an injury and follow-up.
The results suggest that the presentation of urinary incontinence complaints to the GP was low, particularly among male patients.
These vignettes are developed to replicate clinical scenarios common to obstetric, ANC, PNC service delivery and reflect classic presentations of health complaints together with pertinent clinical findings.
