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Present with

Meaning in medicine, with examples

phrasal verbCore term

In medicine, present with means: To come to a doctor or hospital with a particular problem or symptom; also used for the way a disease first shows itself.

In Turkish: ... şikayetiyle başvurmak, ... ile gelmek, ... tablosuyla başvurmak

How it is used

The standard opening of a case presentation, referral letter or discharge summary: 'A 54-year-old man presented with…'. Also common in textbooks: 'The disease often presents with fatigue.' The noun is presentation.

Example sentences

  1. A 62-year-old woman presented with sudden chest pain and sweating.

  2. Children with this condition often present with a limp rather than pain.

  3. He presented to the emergency department with a two-day history of vomiting.

Common collocations

  • present with a history of
  • present to the emergency department
  • clinical presentation
  • atypical presentation
  • chief complaintThe main problem that made the patient come to see a doctor, usually written in the patient's own words at the start of the notes.
  • symptomSomething a patient feels and reports, such as pain, tiredness or nausea, that may show they have an illness. Doctors learn about it by asking, not by measuring.
  • take a historyTo ask a patient structured questions about their current problem, past illnesses, medicines, family and lifestyle in order to understand what is wrong.
  • emergency departmentThe hospital department, open 24 hours a day, that treats people with sudden illness or injury who need urgent care.

More terms: History Taking and Examination

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