Medicine · History + examination

Sweating attacks

Hard

10 min station · 2 min reading · Curtin Year 5

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Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in general practice in Esperance. Your next patient is Neville Brockman, 61, a retired farmer, presenting with attacks of sweating over the last six months.

  1. Take a focused history

  2. Perform a focused examination

  3. Outline to the examiner:

    • Your most likely diagnosis and differentials
    • Next steps in management, including relevant investigations
  • You do not need to summarise your findings to the examiner
  • Please verbalise your examination; findings will be provided on request
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Investigations

Examination

After treatment