Refeeding syndrome: OSCE Case
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The case
Anorexia nervosa, BMI 13.5. Feeding started at full calories yesterday. Now weak, short of breath, swollen ankles.
- Patient
- Female, 22 years
- Setting
- Hospital ward
- Time
- 6 min
- For
- MD/DO, PA, RN
What you practice
- Introduction, consent and communication
- Hand hygiene and infection control
- Focused history: talk to the AI patient by voice or by typing
- Palpation and focused physical exam
- Auscultation
- Bedside tests (ECG, swabs)
- Case summary, diagnosis among the differentials, key test and patient teaching (scored questions)
9 checklist steps, scored from 0 to 100% by the AI at the end. The checklist answers stay inside the case: the AI patient answers what you ask and shows what you examine.
Programs and exam standards
Exam content areas
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