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Patient Simulations/Virtual Patients

The following is an index of all the patient simulation case studies used in the Virtual Hospital. Browse through and display any cases you wish to review.

Pediatric Virtual Patients (For University of Iowa Users Only)

Pediatric Airway Case Studies

• Case Study No. 1: 3 year old with high fever and increased restlessness
• Case Study No. 2: 6 month old with sudden onset of a "terrible noise"
• Case Study No. 3: 15 month old with a barky cough
• Case Study No. 4: 8 month old with noisy breathing since 2 months of age
• Case Study No. 5: 3 1/2 year old after an ingestion
• Case Study No. 6: 3 week old with noisy breathing since birth

• Case 1: 72 year old female with acute renal failure, chest pain, and new atrib fib
• Case 2: 58 year old male with chronic exertional chest pain, shortness of breath, and wheezing
• Case 3: 34 year old female alcohol abuser with right pleuritic chest pain, cough and hemoptysis
• Case 4: 76 year old male with left lower extremity pain for 1 week
• Case 5: 27 year old male with substenal chest pain radiating to jaw and arm
• Case 6: 75 year old male with interstitial lung disease and rapidly increasing shortness of breath
• Case 7: 51 year old male 1 day post op for head and neck surgery with shortness of breath
• Case 8: 57 year old male with sclerodermal and worsening chronic dyspnea
• Case 9: 65 year old male with a syncopal episode at a gas station
• Case 10: 75 year old female with right substernal pain
• Case 11: 50 year old male with 2 week history of productive cough and atypical chest pain
• Case 12: 25 year old male with head injury after a motor vehicle accident
• Case 13: 51 year old male with multiple myeloma, pleuritic chest pain and leg swelling
• Case 14: 57 year old male with progressive dyspnea on exertion
• Case 15: 62 year old male on ventilator with increasing hypoxemia
• Case 16: 64 year old male with metastatic adenocarcinoma who is confused
• Case 17: 52 year old male with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and intermittent hymoptysis
• Case 18: 76 year old male with myasthenia gravis and dyspnea on exertion
• Case 19: 59 year old female with increasing shortness of breath and hemtysis
• Case 20: 46 year old female with rheumatic heart disease with pleuritic chest pain, cough and bloody sputum
• Case 21: 20 year old female with backpain and shortness of breath
• Case 22: 59 year old female with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and increasing dyspnea
• Case 23: 36 year old male with congestive cardiomyopathy
• Case 24: 28 year old male paraplegic with acute respirator distress
• Case 25: 13 year old male on total parenteral nutrition with chronic dyspnea on exertion
• Case 26: 36 year old female with weight loss and hemoptysis
• Case 27: 64 year old male with new back pain after orthopedic surgery
• Case 28: 70 year old female with diabetes mellitus with ankle fracture and tachypnea
• Case 29: 60 year old male with metastatic lung cancer with sudden onset of dyspnea
• Case 30: 30 year old male with progressive dyspnea on exertion after a long car ride

• Adult Critical Care Core Curriculum

• Adult Pulmonary Core Curriculum

• ATS Radiology for Chest Physicians Conference: Continuing Medical Education Testing Modules

• Midwest Midwinter Lung Conference: CPC Session

• Interpretation of Pulmonary Function Tests: Spirometry

*THIS SECTION IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. PLEASE PARDON THE MISSING IMAGES.*

• Case 1: 57 year old male with post operative ascites
• Case 2: 56 year old female with abdominal pain
• Case 3: 40 year old female with lower GI bleed
• Case 4: 57 year old female with recurrent hematochezia
• Case 5: 70 year old female with hematochezia
• Case 6: 21 year old black female with SLE with decreasing hemoglobin
• Case 7: 9 year old female with abdominal pain and hematochezia
• Case 8: 11 week old male with increasing bilirubin

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Last Modified: March 28, 1997