{{Short description|Formal communication between medical professionals}} A '''case presentation''' is a formal communication between health care professionals such as doctors and nurses regarding a patient's clinical information.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clinical Vignette: Deciding What to Present {{!}} ACP |url=https://www.acponline.org/membership/residents/competitions-awards/acp-national-abstract-competitions/guide-to-preparing-for-the-abstract-competition/presenting-a-clinical-vignette-deciding-what-to-present |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=www.acponline.org|date=17 May 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Williams |first1=Dustyn E. |last2=Surakanti |first2=Shravani |date=2016 |title=Developing Oral Case Presentation Skills: Peer and Self-Evaluations as Instructional Tools |journal=The Ochsner Journal |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=65–69 |issn=1524-5012 |pmc=4795506 |pmid=27046408}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=2005 |journal=Journal of Family & Community Medicine |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=97–100 |issn=1319-1683 |pmc=3410129 |pmid=23012083|title=Teaching tips: Twelve tips for making case presentations more interesting }}</ref>
Essential parts of a case presentation include: * Identification * Reason for consultation/admission * Chief complaints (CC) - what made patients seek medical attention. * History of present illness (HPI) - circumstances relating to chief complaints. * Past medical history (PMHx) * Past surgical history * Current medications * Allergies * Family history (FHx) * Social history (SocHx) * Physical examination (PE) * Laboratory results (Lab) * Other investigations (imaging, biopsy etc.) * Case summary and impression * Management plans * follow up in clinic or hospital * Adherence of the patient to treatment * success of the treatment or failure. * causes of success or failure.
== See also == * Case report * Case series
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Case Presentation}} Category:Medical terminology
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