In
medicine
Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care pr ...
, a presentation is the appearance in a patient of illness or disease—or
signs or
symptoms thereof—before a medical professional. In practice, one usually speaks of a patient as ''presenting'' with this or that. Examples include:
* "...Many depressed patients present with medical rather than psychiatric complaints, and those who present with medical complaints are twice as likely to be misdiagnosed as those who present with psychiatric complaints."
* "...In contrast, poisonings from heavy metal can be subtle and present with a slowly progressive course."
* "...Some patients present with small unobstructed kidneys, when the diagnosis is easy to miss."
* "...A total of 7,870,266 patients presented to a public hospital ED from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018."
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Presentation (obstetrics)
In obstetrics, the presentation of a fetus about to be born specifies which anatomical part of the fetus is leading, that is, is closest to the pelvic inlet of the birth canal. According to the leading part, this is identified as a cephalic, b ...
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Merriam Webster Medical Dictionaryfor presenting and related terms
Medical terminology