Mental health · History

Weight loss at 81

Medium

8 min station · 2 min reading · Recommended for Notre Dame Year 3 students

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

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in general practice in Albany. Your next patient is Desmond Kerslake, 81, presenting with weight loss: the practice scales show he has lost 7 kg since June.

  1. Take a focused history

  2. Outline to the examiner:

    • Your most likely diagnosis and differentials
    • Next steps in management, including relevant investigations
  • You do not need to examine the patient
  • You do not need to summarise your findings
  • The examiner will ask you one question at the end
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