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. 2019 Sep 18;10(4):693–706. doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1695800

Table 1. Description of cases for patients in the task-scenarios.

Patient name Case description
Sharpay Evans 31-year-old female patient with shortness of breath, fever and cough, and abdominal pain, with influenza and possible preeclampsia
Later, she is ready to be discharged. She has been given discharge instruction for influenza, a prescription for Tamiflu and close follow-up with her primary care doctor as well as return instructions
Theodore Gusterson 87-year-old male presenting with shortness of breath and lower extremity edema. He presented with a congestive heart failure exacerbation, requiring treatment, and admission to the hospital
Bartholomew Milankovic Russian only speaking 64-year-old male with difficulty breathing, diagnosed with pneumonia and sepsis. He is admitted to the ICU
Rani Kapoor Ms. Kapoor is a 61-year-old female with cellulitis of her leg with a history of diabetes. She is stable and admitted to the floor under the hospitalists.
Later tests indicate that the patient has developed necrotizing fasciitis
Penelope Drake 21-year-old female presenting with sore throat, fever, and feeling unwell. She is diagnosed with mononucleosis that improves with medical management
Charles Klause 25-year-old male presenting with intentional medication overdose and cardiac arrest. Requires critical stabilization intubation and admission to ICU

Abbreviation: ICU, intensive care unit.