Physiology practice questions

A 46-year-old man attends the clinic nine months after cardiac transplantation. He feels well, has no chest pain and walks four kilometres most days. He takes n…

A 24-year-old man presents with two hours of palpitations. He is alert, has no chest pain, and his blood pressure is 124/76 mmHg. The radial pulse is regular at…

A 22-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department 30 minutes after an argument at home, breathing rapidly and deeply. She complains of tingling around…

A 43-year-old man is brought in 18 hours after a meal that included home-bottled vegetables. Over the past six hours his eyelids have drooped, his vision has do…

A 58-year-old man is freed after six hours trapped beneath a collapsed brick wall. He is alert, and both thighs are swollen and tender. He reports tingling in b…

A 46-year-old labourer is freed after six hours trapped beneath a collapsed brick wall. Both thighs are tense, swollen and tender, and he cannot move his toes.…

A 34-year-old man is seen in the medical tent 20 minutes after finishing a marathon run on a cool, overcast morning. He drank water at every drink station. He h…

A 22-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department after 30 minutes of rapid, deep breathing that began during an argument. She reports tingling around…

A 24-year-old man has passed up to twelve watery stools a day for five days after returning from a trek in Nepal. He is thirsty and weak. His pulse is 118/min a…

A 58-year-old man has vomited large volumes each day for nine days, bringing up food eaten the day before. The vomitus contains no bile. He has lost 5 kg, his m…

A 4-year-old girl has had puffy eyelids each morning for two weeks and now has swollen legs and a distended abdomen. Her blood pressure is 96/58 mmHg. Urine tes…

A 19-day-old boy has vomited after most feeds for the past week. He is 9 per cent below his birth weight, lethargic, with dry mucous membranes and cool peripher…