Sickle cell and covid-19:  Patients with sickle cell disease and suspected COVID-19 in a pediatric intensive care unit  Heilbronner, C., Berteloot, L., Tremolieres, P., Dupic, L., de Saint Blanquat, L., Lesage, F., Odièvre, M.‐H., de Marcellus, C., Fourgeaud, J., de Montalembert, M., Grimaud, M., Moulin, F., Renolleau, S., Allali, S. and Oualha, M. (2020), Patients with sickle cell disease and suspected COVID‐19 in a paediatric intensive care unit. Br J Haematol, 190: e21-e24. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.16802  I chose to present this research article along side my case presentation of the 5 year old F with a history of sickle cell coming in for abdominal pain. Even though my patient presented with abdominal pain, and was tested negative for COVID via the rapid …

History and Physical 1 Identifying Data:  Name: KH  Age: 5 year old Female  MR: 4070806  Race: African American  Date & Time: 2/08/21 at 12:30PM  Location: QHC Pediatric Emergency Department  Source of Referral: none  Source of Information: self  Mode of Transport: personal vehicle  Chief Complaint: “abdominal pain and vomiting for one day”  History of Present Illness:  KH is a 5 year old female with a past medical history of sickle cell anemia is brought to the ED complaining of abdominal pain since yesterday. She states that today she has had 3 episodes of vomiting, non bloody, non billious. The vomit contained clear yellow liquid. She has been drinking appropriate amounts of fluid and …

What differences do you note between the two H&Ps? Over all I believe that my attention to detail has improved. I am showing better organization of my thoughts and structuring my H&P in a more coherent fashion. For each ROS finding and physical exam findings, I am  being more thorough, rather than sticking to a general script. I also believe that this is reflected by my own growth in my question taking skills while taking the history. In what ways has your history-taking improved?  Are you eliciting all the important information? I believe my history taking has improved drastically and become more …