Chamberlain College of Nursing - NR 511Case Study Part 2

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To recap from Part 1 of this case study, my top two differential diagnoses were (1) Allergic conjunctivitis and (2) Viral conjunctivitis. Usually, diagnostic studies are not done to confirm conjunct... ivitis, but if I wanted to rule out one of these differentials, I could conduct a rapid adenovirus immunoassay to determine if adenovirus is present in the patient’s tear sample. Assuming this test is normal, my primary diagnosis for the patient would be allergic conjunctivitis. [Show More]

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