PCP as a final diagnosis

1. Describe the patient’s presentation and your initial assessment of the patient based on the history and physical you completed in i-Human. What are your top three concerns for this patient and why (based on objective and subjective data)?

2. Based on your initial assessment, describe the top five differentials you selected, and discuss which tests you ordered to either rule in or rule out those conditions. Address if the tests you ordered are both time/cost effective, or if a better approach could have been used.

Asthma, COPD, HIV, lung neoplasm, bacterial pneumonia

3. Present the patient’s final diagnosis, and discuss the pathophysiology behind the condition.
HIV/AIDS with Pneumocystis jirovecci pneumonia

4. Describe how you plan to treat this patient based on current clinical guidelines