Oncology · History + examination

Fever and rigors

Medium

15 min station · 2 min reading · Curtin Year 5

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Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in the emergency department. Your next patient is Linh Le, 48, presenting with fever and rigors. She has a PICC line.

  1. Take a focused history

  2. Examine the patient

  3. Outline to the examiner:

    • Your findings
    • Your interpretation of the results
    • Your most likely diagnosis
    • Next steps in management, including relevant investigations
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Investigations

Examination

After treatment