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A 10-month-old girl is brought by her mother, who has noticed that in photographs taken with a flash the left pupil looks white while the right glows red. The g…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 10-day-old girl is reviewed before discharge from the special care nursery, where she was admitted for feeding support. She was born at 38 weeks in a frank br…
Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist
A term newborn girl is examined on the postnatal ward. She lay in a breech position from 34 weeks and was delivered by caesarean section. With the baby relaxed…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common
An 8-year-old boy is referred to the paediatric clinic after a school nursing screen recorded a blood pressure of 132/84 mmHg, above the 95th centile for his ag…
Paediatrics · Pre-internship · common
A girl born at 28 weeks gestation is brought to the child health nurse for a routine review. She is now 5 months old by the calendar and has been home from the…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common
You are the intern on the postnatal ward. A healthy term boy was born two hours ago weighing 3400 g. After a full discussion of the risks, both parents decline…
Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 5-week-old girl is brought to the emergency department after two episodes of vomiting and an hour of unusual drowsiness. She was born at home at term after an…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 34-year-old man who came to Australia from Somalia six years ago is reviewed by his general practitioner for a depressive episode. After eight weeks of sertra…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · niche
A 40-year-old man who came to Australia from Iraq as a refugee eight years ago attends a general practice with six months of broken sleep, nightmares and daily…
Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 71-year-old woman who migrated from Hong Kong 40 years ago is admitted to a psychiatric ward with a severe depressive episode. She speaks Cantonese and almost…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist
A metropolitan mental health service is examining why Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inpatients leave the ward against medical advice far more often than…
Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 52-year-old man born in Vietnam, who has had schizophrenia for 25 years, comes to an emergency department with six hours of epigastric pain. He speaks limited…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · niche
A 22-year-old Aboriginal man is brought to a regional hospital by his aunt six weeks after his grandfather's funeral. At night he hears his grandfather calling…
Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 38-year-old Aboriginal woman is on the caseload of a metropolitan community mental health team after her third admission this year for a depressive episode wi…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reports causes of death for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people. Among Aboriginal and…
Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 74-year-old man is reviewed in a memory clinic. Over the past year he has twice been brought home by police after becoming lost while driving to familiar plac…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 16-year-old girl is seen alone at a youth health service, where she has been attending for low mood. Today she tells you that for the past fortnight she has b…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 15-year-old girl is brought to a general practice by her mother, who is worried about three months of falling grades, weight loss and irritability. After the…
Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 15-year-old girl with profound intellectual disability and cerebral palsy attends a gynaecology clinic with both parents and her treating psychiatrist. She is…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · niche
A 9-year-old boy attends a child and adolescent mental health clinic for severe attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The psychiatrist explains the risks, b…
Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · middle twist