Assignment task: A 52-year-old woman with overall good health and medical history of asthma and depression presented with right lower quadrant abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and icterus (jaundice) for 3 weeks. The pain was constant and cramping, fluctuating in intensity from 5 to 9 of 10, located mostly in the right lower quadrant and umbilical areas, and was associated with bilious vomiting. There were no changes in her mental status and no signs of any encephalopathy. No history of any recent blood transfusions. Her other history was unremarkable except for the occasional alcohol intake of a couple of beers once a week and active illicit drug use. She was a commercial sex worker and had multiple sexual partners. Her home medications included albuterol and methadone.
Question 1: Identify the most important risk factors for this patient? Based on the case description, what is the most likely medical condition that this patient is suffering from?
Question 2: What is the mortality rate for this condition (based on what you answered in previous question)?
Question 3 options: between 0.5 and 4% 50% less than 1% 80%