Niche but important
Rare, but missing it harms. 109 questions.
A 49-year-old woman with a recently diagnosed adrenal pheochromocytoma requires drainage of a painful dental abscess before definitive tumour surgery. Her blood…
Emergency and Toxicology · Clinical rotations · niche
A 29-year-old man presents with palpitations and light-headedness. His pulse is irregular at 190 beats per minute and the blood pressure is 126/74 mmHg. The ECG…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · niche
A 7-month-old infant becomes lethargic after an overnight fast during gastroenteritis. Blood glucose is 1.9 mmol/L (reference 3.5–6.0 mmol/L), beta-hydroxybutyr…
Biomedical Science · Foundations · niche
A 58-year-old farmer near Dubbo, New South Wales, felt a sharp scratch on his ankle while moving hay bales and briefly lost consciousness about ten minutes late…
Emergency and Toxicology · Clinical rotations · niche
A 29-year-old man has progressive bone pain, proximal weakness and two atraumatic metatarsal fractures. Serum phosphate is 0.44 mmol/L (0.80–1.50), calcium is 2…
Endocrine and Metabolic · Clinical rotations · niche
A 31-year-old woman attends for routine care and has never had cervical screening. She has no abnormal bleeding, pelvic pain or visible cervical lesion. A self-…
Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · niche
A 72-year-old woman with a BMI of 30 presents with a tender right groin lump that has become irreducible over the past 6 hours. She reports mild nausea but no v…
Year 4 · Clinical rotations · niche
A 72-year-old woman with well-compensated alcoholic cirrhosis (Child-Pugh A) is referred due to persistent iron deficiency anaemia. She denies haematemesis, mel…
Year 4 · Clinical rotations · niche
Which of the following is TRUE about stratified columnar epithelium?
Year 1 · Foundations · niche