Patient with fatigue

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Published: 2018-03-30
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51987/Rev.Hosp.Ital.B.Aires.v38i1.591
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family practice, fatigue, patient-centered care, physician-patient relationship, life experiences, vaginism

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María Emilia Espósito
Servicio de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria. Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Diego Terceiro
Servicio de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria. Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

Abstract

Family physicians are able to solve the majority of their patients’ health issues. In the office, fatigue is a common complaint. Its approach should
include the evaluation of the context of the patient and a systemic approach that includes other diagnostic and therapeutic levels. We present
the case of a patient who went to his doctor with a common complaint and was able to change the focus of the problem and begin a consistent
treatmen

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Vol. 38 No. 1 (2018): Revista del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

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Clinical case
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Espósito ME, Terceiro D. Patient with fatigue. Rev Hosp Ital B.Aires [Internet]. 2018 Mar. 30 [cited 2026 Aug. 2];38(1):31-3. Available from: https://ojs.hospitalitaliano.org.ar/index.php/revistahi/article/view/591

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