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[8.27 pm, 31/01/2026] PPM 1: Handwritten history by @PPM3
[8.30 pm, 31/01/2026] PPM 1: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265602974_A_geo-spatial_modelling_for_mapping_of_filariasis_transmission_risk_in_India_using_remote_sensing_and_GIS/figures?lo=1
General examination and metabolic syn phenotype
[8.33 pm, 31/01/2026] PPM 1: Residual findings of palpable post inflammatory changes in left parotid following her left sided parotitis for which she was admitted 4 months back and the EMR summaries of which may be available on Monday
[8:35 pm, 31/01/2026] PPM 1: @PPM4 there were two students from your batch currently posted in medicine today in the OPD who helped us a lot today to inquire more about this patient.
Please share the above findings and insights and discuss the case with them if possible.
[9:09 pm, 31/01/2026] PPM 4: Okay sir, will do
[10.39 am, 01/02/2026] PPM 1: Thanks.
Can check out the case report in the description box
[10:51 am, 01/02/2026] PPM 1: Here's her first EMR summary post admission. Please note that the treating team thought it was CSOM and sjorgrens parotitis while now retrospectively it appears to be just a left sided infective parotitis that recovered. The doubt expressed about RA due to unnecessary RA testing is also not clinically compatible.
Age/Gender: 50 Years/Female
Address:
Discharge Type: Relieved
Admission Date: 18/10/2025 01:31 PM
Discharge Date: 23/10/2025 09:03 PM
Name of Treating Faculty
DR SANDEEP REDDY(AP)
DR SREETEJA (PG2)
DR HARSHINI(PG1)
Diagnosis
SEPSIS SECONDARY TO B/L CSOM AND LEFT PAROTITIS
LEFT NON HEALING ULCER OVER LEFT LOWER LIMB
ACUTE ON CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE WITH UREMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY(RESOLVED)
LEFT LOWER LIMB FILARIASIS SINCE 20 YRS
?RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
S/P 4 SESSIONS OF HEMODIALYSIS DONE ,3 PRBC TRANSFUSIONS DONE
Case History and Clinical Findings
C/O BREATHLESSNESS SINCE 4 DAYS
HOPI
PT WAS APPARENTLY ASYMPTOMATIC 10 DAYS AGO.THEN DEVELOPED FEVER -HIGH
GRADE ON AND OFF .H/O WELLING IN LEFT EAR AURICULAR SINCE 5 DAYS .H/O LOCAL
TRAUMA IN LEFT EAR .H/O OF NAUSEA AND VOMITING PRESENT. H/O OF ULCER OVER LEFT LEG AND THIGH SINCE 2 MONTHS WHICH Gradually PROGRESSED TO PRESENT SIZE PAST HISTORY
K/C/O CKD SINCE 2 YEARS WITH ANEMIA OF CHRONIC KIDNEY
H/O 1 SESSION OF HEMODIALYSIS SUE ON 7/24
PERSONAL HISTORY: MARRIED, NORMAL APPETITE, MIXED DIET, REGULAR BOWEL AND BLADDER HABITS, NO KNOWN ALLERGIES, NO KNOWN ADDICTIONS.
NO SIGNIFICANT FAMILY HISTORY.
GENERAL EXAMINATION: NO PALLOR, NO ICTERUS, NO CYANOSIS, NO CLUBBING, NO LYMPHADENOPATHY, NO
EDEMA.
VITALS: TEMP- 99, BP-100/60 MMHG, PR- 80 BPM, RR-20CPM, SPO2-100%AT RA, GRBS-
90MG/DL
SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION:
RS- BLAE+, B/L CREPTS+
CVS- S1S2+, NO MURMURS
CNS- NFND
PER ABDOMEN- SOFT, NON TENDER
DIALYSIS DONE ON 18/10/25,19/10/15,20/10/25,21/10/25
TRANSFUSIONS DONE ON 18/10/25,20/10/25,21/10/25
GENERAL SURGERY REFFERAL I/V/O ULCER ON LEFT LEG AND LEFT THIGH ON 23/10/25:
INSPECTION: A SWELLING OF SIZE 15X10CMS IN LEFT CHEEK EXTENDING INFRONT BELOW
AND BEHIND THE EAR LOBULE, SKIN OVER THE SWELLING IS NODULAR AND SHINY,
MARGINS APPEAR TO BE IRREGULAR, SEROPURULENT DISCHARGE PRESENT IN THE LEFT EXTERNAL AUDITORY MEATUS, LEFT EAR LOBE IS RAISED
PALPITATION: LOCAL RISE OF TEMP PRESENT, SEVERE TENDERNESS PRESENT,
SURFACE IS NODULAR AND FIRM-HARD IN CONSISTENCY, ON BIMANUAL PALPATION DEEP LOBE IS PALPABLE WITH ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR LOBES, POSTERIOR CERVICAL Lymph Nodes AND PALPABLE.
ENT REFFERAL ON 18/10/25 I/V/O EAR PAIN AND SWELLING: LEFT EAR PREAURICULAR
SWELLING OF 5X5 PRESENT T, TENDERNESS WITH NO LOCAL RISE OF TEMPERATURE
PRESENT, MUCOID DISCHARGE PRESENT IN BOTH EARS, A SINGLE PINHOLE
PERFORATION IN RIGHT EAR AND A SINGLE MEDIUM CENTRAL PERFORATION IN LEFT EAR IS PRESENT.
Investigation
HEMOGRAM 1: HB-6.1, TLC-28000, RBC-2.2, PCV-17.9, PLT- 2.5.......ON 19/10/25: HB-6.1, TLC-
27.95, RBC-2.17, PCV-17.9, PLT- 224....ON 21/10/25: HB-6.7, TLC-25.90, RBC-2.3, PCV-19.8, PLT-
1.9 ...23/10/25: HB-8.3, TLC-17300, RBC-2.8, PCV-24.8, PLT- 1.5
CUE: ALB- +30MG/DL, SUG- NI, PUS-3-4, EPI- 2-3, RBC-NIL...ON 19/10/25 ALB- +, SUG- NI, PUS-3-4, EPI- 2-3, RBC-NIL
RFT: UR-294, CR-7.70, UA-10.80, CA+8.7, P-9, NA+-135, K+-4.3, CL-98...ON 20/10/25 UR-94, CR-
2.70, UA-2.90, CA+10.1, P-4.5, NA+-140, K+-3.3, CL-101
RFT ON 23/10/25 UREA-50, CREAT 2.4 NA-138, K+-2.9, CL-101
LFT 18/10/25: TB-1.18, DB-0.33, SGOT-15 SGPT-10, ALP-348, TP-6.5, ALB-2.05, G-4.45, AG
RATIO-0.46.....23/10/25: TB-1.16, DB-0.19, SGOT-18 SGPT-14, ALP-376, TP-5.5, ALB-2.0, G-3.50,
AG RATIO-0.57
RBS: 82MG/DL; HBA1C: 6.7
SERUM IRON:32, PT-17,INR-1.25,APTT-34
RA FACTOR ON 23/10/5:POSITIVE (192)
PERIPHERAL SMEAR: NORMOCYTIC NORMOCHROMIC ANEMIA WITH NEUTROPHILIC
LEUKOCYTOSIS
Serology On 18/10/25: HIV ,HBSAG ,HCV- NEGATIVE
USG DONE ON 18/10/25: B/L GRADE III RPD CHANGES WITH B/L TINY RENAL CORTICAL
CYSTS
2D ECHO ON 18/10/25: NO RWMA, MILD LVH+,TRIVIAL TR, NO PAH,TRIVIAL PR/MR, MILD
AR,SCLEROTIC AV ,NO AS/MS IAS-INTACT, EF-62%,GOOD LV SYSTOLIC FUNCTION,MINIMAL
PE+,NO LV CLOT,NO DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION, IVC SIZE 1.15 CMS COLLAPSING
ABG ON 18/10 25: PCO2- 9.20, PO2 -128,HCO3-4
LT AURAL AND RIGHT AURAL SWAB ON 18/10/25- FEW EPITHELIAL CELLS, FEW PUS CELLS, AND MODERATE GRAM NEGATIVE BACILLI ARE SEEN, ORGANISM-PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA
USG OF LEFT PAROTID: E/O DIFFUSELY ENLARGED PAROTID GLAND WITH MULTIPLE SMALL CYSTIC SPACES WITH FEW ENLARGED INTRA PAROTID LYMPH NODES LARGEST
MEASURING 6MM WITH OVOID SHAPE AND INTACT FATTY HILUM WITH MILD INCREASE IN VASCULARITY ACUTE PAROTITIS
MRI NECK FOR PAROTID GLAND ON 23/10: DIFFUSE ENLARGEMENT OF LEFT PAROTID
GLAND IS NOTD WITH FEW CYSTIC SPACES SCATTERED ALONG PERIPHERY, NO OBVIOUS INTRAGLANDULAR ENLARGED LYMPH NODES NOTED. FINDINGS ARE CONSISTENT WITH PAROTITIS (DIFUSE INFECTIVE ETIOLOGY)
REST OF NECK SPACES ARE NORMAL EXCEPT SIGNIFICANT INDENTATION AND
DEFORMITY NOTED AND NASOPHARYNGEAL SPACE ON LEFT SIDE
SWAB OVER ULCER SENT FOR C/S -REPORTS AWAITED
ANA PROFILE SENT
Treatment Given (Enter only Generic Name)
ORAL FLUIDS, IVF NS@30ML/HR WITH 1 AMP OPTINEURON IV OD, INJ PIPTA 2 2.25GM IV TID, INJ CLINDAMYCIN 600MG IV BD, INJ PAN 40ML IV OD, INJ LASIX 40ML IV BD, INJ NEOMOL 50 MLIV QID 50ML-50ML-50ML-50ML, SYP POTCHLOR 15ML PO TID 15ML-10ML-10ML, CIPLOX
EAR DROPS-3-3-3, REGULAR ASIS, STRICT I/O CHARTING.
Advice at Discharge
FLUID RESTRICTION<1.5LIT/DAY
SALT RESTRICTION <2GM/DAY
TAB GUDCEF CV 200MG PO/BD X 5DAYS
TAB CLINDAMYCIN 600MG PO/BD X 2DAYS
TAB.PAN 40MG PO/OD X 7DAYS
TAB.OROFER XT PO/OD
INJ.EPO 4000IU S/C ONCE WEEKLY
CIPLOX EAR DROPS 3/3/3 X1WEEK
REGULAR DRESSING
Follow Up
REVIEW TO NEPHRO FOR MHD SESSIONS
REVIEW TO GENERAL SURGERY AND ENT I/V/O ULCER AND PAROTITIS
Discharge Date
Date:24/10/25
Ward: CKD
Unit: NEPHROLOGY
[11:40 am, 01/02/2026] PPM 1: This is the second EMR summary of this patient which is largely a repetition as she appears to have been readmitted soon after the first discharge although the local doctors have partly changed and the diagnosis has now officially become Sjogren 's from November 2025 although currently in retrospect it appears to have been simply an infective parotitis that became a victim of our current pandemic of over-testing and overtreatment.
Age/Gender: 50 Years/Female
Address:
Discharge Type: Relieved
Admission Date: 27/10/2025 04:19 PM
Discharge Date: 23/11/2025 09:49 PM
Name of Treating
Diagnosis
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE ON MHD; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME
LT LEG FILARIASIS.
LEFT EAR CSOM.
LEFT THIGH &LEG NON HEALING ULCER
S/P 10 SESSIONS OF HEMODIALYSIS DONE
Case History and Clinical Findings
C/O SOB SINCE 1 DAY ASSOCIATED WITH Nausea AND VOMITING; HOPI: PATIENT WAS
Apparently ASYMPTOMATIC 10 DAY BACK AFTER WHICH HE DEVELOPED FEVER- HIGH
GRADE ON &OFF SOB A DAY AGO; INSIDIOUS IN ONSET, GRADUALLY PROGRESSIVE. H/O
SWELLING IN LEFT EAR AURICLE SINCE 5 DAYS. H/O LOCAL TRAUMA IN LEFT EAR. H/O
NAUSEA AND VOMITING. H/O ULCER OVER LEFT LEG &THIGH SINCE 2 MONTHS, GRADUALLY PROGRESSIBE PAST HISTORY: K/C/O CKD SINCE 2 YEARS ASSOCIATED WITH ACD
TREATMENT HISTORY: GUDUCEF CV 200 MG; CLINDAMYCIN 600 MG &PREVIOUS H/O
BLOOD TRANSFUSION PRESENT; NO ADR
PERSONAL HISTORY: -MARRIED; HOUSEWIFE; VEG DIET; NORMAL APPETITE; REGULAR
BOWEL MOVEMENTS; NO BURNING MICTURITION; NO ALLERGIES; NO ADDICTIONS
FAMILY HISTORY: -NOT SIGNIFICANT.
GENERAL EXAMINATION: -PT IS C/C/C, VITALS TEMP: AFEBRILE, BP:150/90MM HG, RR:20 CPM, PR:83 BPM, SPO2:100% @ RA' GRBS 158MG/DL, PALLOR, PEDAL EDEMA PRESENT, NO CYANOSIS, CLUBBING OF FINGERS, ICTERUS, LYMPHADENOPATHY .
SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION: CVS: S1S2+ NO MURMURS, RS: BAE+, P/A: SOFT NON TENDER CNS: NO FOCAL NEUROLOGICAL DEFICIT
9 SESSIONS OF DIALYSIS DONE: -
28/10/25, 30/10/25, 3/11/25, 6/11/25, 10/11/25, 13/11/25, 17/11/25, 19/11/25, 22/11/25, 24/11/25
Investigation
CBP (22.11.25) HB: 4.9G, TC:20500, N:91, L:5, M:3, PLT1,79,000
RFT (18/11/25): UREA 49MG/DL, CREATININE 2.8 MG/DL, SODIUM 135 MG/DL, POTASSIUM 3.6 MG/DL, CHLORIDE 98 MG/DL
Treatment Given (Enter only Generic Name)
FLUID RESTRICTION <1 LIT/DAY
SALT RESTRICTION <2 G /DAY
INJ EPO 4K IV S/C ONCE WEEKLY
INJ IRON SUCROSE 1 AMP IN 100 ML NS X 30 MIN TWICE WEEKLY
TAB.NODOSIS 500 MG PO/BD
TAB OROFER XT PO OD 1-0-0
TAB SHELCAL CT PO OD 0-1-0
TAB.DYTOR 10 MG PO/OD
TAB. GABAPIN NT 400 10 MG PO/HS
Advice at Discharge
SALT RESTRICTION <2 G /DAY
INJ EPO 4K IV S/C ONCE WEEKLY
INJ IRON SUCROSE 1 AMP IN 100 ML NS X 30 MIN TWICE WEEKLY
TAB.NODOSIS 500 MG PO/BD
TAB OROFER XT PO OD 1-0-0
TAB SHELCAL CT PO OD 0-1-0
TAB.DYTOR 10 MG PO/OD
TAB. GABAPIN NT 400 10 MG PO/HS X 1 WEEK
TAB FAROPENEM 300MG PO/BD X 5 DAYS
Follow Up
REVIEW AFTER 1 WEEK TO NEPHROLOGY OPD
Discharge Date
Date:24.11.25
Ward: CKD
Unit: NEPHROLOGY
































