Assessing The Abdomen

The Case Study/Scenario:
Jason, a 13-year-old male comes in with Mom complaining of painful swallowing. Started yesterday as a “really bad sore throat” made worse with swallowing. He reports feeling very tired. His Mom gave him over-the-counter Children’s Motrin which made his fever better but did not help his sore throat. He reports his symptoms are especially, worse during nighttime. His tonsils are 2+ and erythematous, tonsil stones are present on the right side. He has white patches on his tongue
The Question
In this Case Study

1. Use the Episodic/Focused SOAP Template and create an episodic/focused note about the patient in the case study.
2. Consider case studies of abnormal findings from patients in a clinical setting.
3. Determine what history should be collected from the patients, what physical exams and diagnostic tests should be conducted.
4. How would the results be used to make a diagnosis?
5. Provide evidence from the literature to support diagnostic tests that would be appropriate for each case.
6. Formulate at least Five differential diagnoses with several possible conditions and justify why you selected each.