Table 1 Information given by the patient in the vignette
From: Medical decision making among patients with heart failure – does migration background matter?
Symptom related information: | |
- Fatigue | |
- Dyspnea | |
- Reduced exercise tolerance | |
- Coughing | |
- Pain in the side under exercise | |
- Worsening sleeping disorder | |
- Nocturia | |
- Thick legs | |
- Slight weight gain | |
Other information: | |
- Last physician consultation 5 years ago | |
- Mother died a few months ago | |
- No siblings | |
- No family illnesses | |
- Cold a few weeks ago | |
- No pre-existing conditions (thyroid, blood sugar) or allergies | |
- Normal to slightly increased blood pressure |