Diagnosketch

Sapana Adhikari is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician. She attended the Boston University School of Medicine and completed her residency at Boston Medical Center. Throughout her 20 year career, she has practiced clinically in various settings ranging from inner-city trauma centers to rural hospitals in the developing world. She is involved with international health and runs a non-profit organization, smartketi, that focuses on women empowerment in rural Nepal. She is an accomplished artist whose work has been featured in The National Academy of Medicine, Intima: The Journal of Narrative Medicine and the Frederic Jameson Gallery at Duke University. She lives in Charlotte, NC with her husband and three children.

Table of Contents

Introduction

About the Author/Illustrator

Scripting

Chapter 1: Skin
Blood draw
Intravenous insertion
Laceration
Options for repair
Abscess
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Paronychia
Subungual hematoma
Superficial thrombophlebitis
Airway anatomy

Chapter 2: EENT (Eye, ear, nose, throat)
Corneal abrasion & conjunctivitis
Dental caries vs dental abscess
Epistaxis
Sinusitis
Otitis media
Otitis externa
Strep pharyngitis & peritonsillar abscess (PTA)

Chapter 3: Cardiopulmonary
Bronchitis vs pneumonia
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) & pulmonary embolism (PE)
Pedal edema
Myocardial infarction (MI)
Chest pain evaluation
Atrial fibrillation
Pericarditis vs pericardial effusion
Congestive heart failure (CHF)
Diastolic vs systolic disease
Hypertension (HTN)
Hypertensive urgency
Aortic dissection
Aortic aneurysm
Peripheral artery disease & venous insufficiency

Chapter 4: Gastrointestinal
Digestion
Abdominal pain
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
Gastritis & ulcer
Upper gastrointestinal bleed (UGIB)
Lower gastrointestinal bleed (LGIB)
Hiatal hernia
Hernia: Normal vs incarcerated
Esophageal stricture
Small bowel obstruction (SBO)
Biliary colic
Pancreatitis
Diverticulosis, diverticulitis & perforation
Constipation
Perirectal abscess
Hemorrhoids
Appendicitis

Chapter 5: Genitourinary
Nephrolithiasis
Cystitis vs pyelonephritis
Benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH)
Urinary retention
Epididymitis
Hydrocele vs varicocele
Testicular torsion
Ovarian torsion
Ovarian cyst: Normal cyst vs ruptured cyst
Early pregnancy: Abdominal pain &/or vaginal bleeding
Leiomyoma
Abnormal uterine bleeding
Vaginal candidiasis
Bacterial vaginosis
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) & tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA)
Sexually transmitted infection
Lower abdomen: Male vs female

Chapter 6: Orthopedics
Fracture
Growth-plate injury
Degenerative joint disease
Bursitis
Rib fracture
Pneumothorax
Back pain: Musculoskeletal
Sacroilitis
Back pain: Side view
Lumbar radiculopathy
Cervical strain
Motor vehicle accident (MVA)
Osteoarthritis
Knee pain: Fracture vs sprain
Joint disease: Normal anatomy
Gout vs septic joint
Baker's cyst
Ankle pain: Fracture vs sprain
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Plantar fasciitis
Compression fracture

Chapter 7: Neurology
Cerebral vascular accident (CVA)
Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Intracranial hemorrhage (ICH)
Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)
Meningitis
Benign positional vertigo (BPV)
7th cranial nerve palsy
Closed head injury

Chapter 8: Miscellaneous
Cancer: Diagnosis & work-up
Diabetes mellitus type 2
Fever control or pain control
Bacteria vs virus
Code status