Mental health · History

Drinking water all day

Medium

8 min station · 2 min reading · UWA Year 3

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2 min reading · 8 min station · reminders at 1 min

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in a community mental health clinic. Your next patient is Corey Bannister, 34, who is drinking water all day and passing urine constantly; his support worker, Kerry, is in the room with him.

  1. Take a focused history

  2. Outline to the examiner:

    • Relevant investigations
    • Your most likely diagnosis and differentials
  • You do not need to examine the patient, discuss management or summarise your history
  • The examiner will give you the results of any investigations you request
  • The examiner will ask you one question at the end
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Investigations