How To Write A Case Study Analysis

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Case Study Analysis
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Case Study Analysis1
Introduction
The case conference report is based on the patient named Jessica, who is 25years old
and admitted to the hospital for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. The patient is highly obese
in nature as her body weight was 176kg when she was admitted to the hospital. The patient
had been lived in different cities from the age of 17 in different cities. She is staying in
Australia for three years. The patient is suffered from severe obesity at present and admitted
to the hospital for undergoing a laparoscopic surgery.
As a post aesthetic care unit nurse, I took the history and found out that she has a
good relationship with her family members. She has 4 brothers and sisters in her family. She
worked full time in a desk job for last two years. She used to work in hospitality before she
joined the desk job. The patient does not smoke and drink alcohol very rarely. She was under
the emotional trauma for 4 years. She overcome the traumatic situation when she was 22.
Her lifespan theory suggested that she faced different developmental challenges in her early
days of childhood. She had to cope up with the situation to overcome the development related
challenges. She had a medical history of PTSD and Puberty related obesity. PTSD or
Posttraumatic stress disorder.
Discussion
The ISBAR procedure was used to do the handover of the patient during the diagnostic and
therapeutic procedures :-
Identification Name : Jessica
Age : 25
Height: 185 cm

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Weight: 176kg
BMI: 55.3
Situation ‘The patient has suffered from severe
obesity at present and admitted to the
hospital for undergoing a laparoscopic
surgery’
Background ‘She had PTSD (Posttraumatic stress
disorder) and Puberty related obesity.’
Assessments A psychiatric evaluation was done and the
diet assessment has been taken to decide the
nutritional intake before and after the
regime.
Response and Rationale ‘Sleeve gastrectomy was suggested as the
Bariatric surgery for restricting food intake,
reducing food absorption, or altering ghrelin
production – a management of obesity and
the following nursing care was undertaken.’
Diagnostic tests, pharmacological and Non
pharmacological treatment were suggested
along with the surgery. Multi-Disciplinary

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Team was appointed for the treatment of the
patient. The treatment suggested MDT for
better health outcomes and effective results.
Clinical condition and background
The patient is suffered from severe obesity at present and admitted to the hospital for
undergoing a laparoscopic surgery. Obesity is a multifunctional disease and chronic in nature.
The obesity is affecting not only her health but also her mental and social wellbeing. Pre
operational and post operational procedures are set as per the patient’s presenting health
condition.
Jessica had a medical history of PTSD (Post traumatic stress disorder) and Puberty
related obesity. PTSD or Posttraumatic stress disorder affects the metabolism of the body
which leads to the condition of overweight in a person. In the post-traumatic stress, regulation
of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis disrupts. The moderation of appetite hormones are
caused by the dysfunction of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. This also affects neural
activity of the human and changes in the consumptive behaviours that results in negative
coping such as eating disorders, as it happened in case of Jessica. Puberty related to obesity
increases the weight of a girl. The process of puberty started earlier in a girl and excess
adiposity resulted from the same. Excess adiposity influences the pubertal development
which leads to the condition of obesity, which happened in the case of Jessica. Some research
state that puberty itself a risk factor for the overweight. The girls who, got their first period
earlier age are more likely to have higher BMI (Body Mass Index).
Pathophysiology