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A 51-year-old woman presents with eight months of frequent hot flushes and drenching night sweats that wake her four to five times each night and are affecting…
Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · common
A 31-year-old primigravida at 33 weeks gestation reports one week of intense generalised itching that is worst at night and most severe over her palms and the s…
Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · common
A 26-year-old primigravida presents at 11 weeks gestation by dates with two weeks of persistent vomiting and one day of light vaginal bleeding. Her blood pressu…
Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · common
A 28-year-old primigravida gives birth vaginally at 38 weeks gestation. During labour she was commenced on oral labetalol for blood pressure readings of 160/108…
Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · common
A 29-year-old woman, gravida 2 para 1, is in spontaneous labour at 39 weeks gestation. One hour after her cervix was 5 cm dilated, the membranes rupture spontan…
Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · common
A 34-year-old woman, gravida 3 para 2, presents at 34 weeks gestation with two hours of constant severe abdominal pain and a small amount of dark red vaginal bl…
Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · common
A 34-year-old woman attends her general practitioner eight weeks after the vaginal birth of her first child. Her pregnancy was complicated by gestational diabet…
Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · common
A 7-month-old previously well boy is brought to the emergency department after six hours of episodes of sudden inconsolable screaming during which he draws his…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common
A 4-week-old girl born at term is reviewed because she is still visibly jaundiced. The jaundice was first noticed on day three of life; she is fully breastfed,…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common
A 22-month-old boy is brought to his general practitioner because he is not yet talking. He says 'mum' and 'dada' only, but points to things he wants, waves goo…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common
A 3-year-old boy presents with six days of fever above 39°C that has persisted despite regular paracetamol; he is miserable and difficult to console. Both eyes…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common
A 24-day-old girl is brought to the emergency department after her mother measured an axillary temperature of 38.3°C at home. She was born at term after an unco…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common
An 18-month-old boy wakes at 2 am with a harsh, barking cough and noisy breathing and is brought to the emergency department. He has had a runny nose for two da…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common
A 9-month-old girl is brought to the emergency department with three days of runny nose and moist cough, and one day of fast, noisy breathing. She is taking abo…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common
A 66-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department at 9 pm with severe right-sided headache, nausea and repeated vomiting that began while she was watch…
Eyes, Ears, Nose and Throat · Clinical rotations · common
A 23-year-old man presents with a five-day history of worsening sore throat, and swallowing has become so painful that he is spitting his saliva into a cup. His…
Eyes, Ears, Nose and Throat · Clinical rotations · common
A 74-year-old woman presents with severe pain in her left leg that began abruptly two hours ago while she was sitting watching television. She walks to the shop…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common
A 14-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department after waking at 5 am with sudden severe pain in the left side of his scrotum, and he has vomited twice.…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common
A 68-year-old man presents with a 24-hour history of a painful, swollen right knee and is now unable to bear weight. He takes hydrochlorothiazide for hypertensi…
Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal · Clinical rotations · common
A 19-year-old man is brought to a rural general practice, 45 minutes from the nearest hospital, with six hours of fever, vomiting and severe pain in his legs. H…
Emergency and Toxicology · Pre-internship · common