In this paper, a few internists discover that the spectrum of cases in an ambulatory internal medicine practice is broad. Let them spend a day in a family physician's office.
Today:
- neonatal jaundice
- normal pregnancy
- sarcoid exacerbation
- new dx – rheumatoid arthritis
- asthma
- allergic rhinitis
- depression
- knee pain
- new patient – new dx HSV ("oh I just thought they were cold sores")
- knee pain, back pain (ACL tear, DJD)
- MVA – soft tissue injuries
- depression
- new patient – teenager (outgrew the pediatrician)
- 9 month well-baby
- CHF, HTN
- HTN, hypercholesterolemia
- URI
- Diabetes, HTN
- 1 year-old: Otitis Media
