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A 29-year-old woman at 25 weeks of pregnancy presents with right flank pain, rigors and vomiting. Her temperature is 39.2°C, pulse 132/min and blood pressure 92…
A 78-year-old man presents with a lesion on the sun-exposed forearm that has enlarged from a pinpoint mark to 18 mm over seven weeks. It is a firm, smooth, red-…
A 35-year-old woman is referred for a brown plaque on the upper back that has slowly enlarged over nine years. It was initially flat, but several firm reddish-b…
A 63-year-old man has a brown papule on the bridge of his nose that has slowly enlarged over two years and occasionally leaves a spot of blood on his handkerchi…
A 54-year-old man presents with five days of fever, dry cough, headache and diarrhoea after returning from a Mediterranean cruise. He is confused, respiratory r…
A 59-year-old man develops rapidly worsening breathlessness five days after an influenza-like illness. He has a temperature of 39.8°C, respiratory rate of 38/mi…
A 46-year-old man wakes with markedly reduced hearing in his right ear and a continuous high-pitched noise. He has no pain, discharge or recent infection, and t…
A 56-year-old man develops sharp central chest pain 36 hours after an uncomplicated inferior myocardial infarction. The pain is worse when he lies flat or takes…
A 64-year-old man is recovering in hospital four days after an inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary interventi…
A 72-year-old man with Parkinson disease is brought by his wife because he has begun speaking to people who are not present and has become suspicious of her. He…
A 16-year-old female long-distance runner develops gradually worsening right groin pain over six weeks. She has recently increased her training volume and repor…
A 3-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department because he has stopped walking and cries when lifted. He has a temperature of 38.8°C, a heart rate of 13…
A 79-year-old woman falls at home and develops groin pain. Pelvic and hip radiographs show no fracture, but after analgesia she still cannot take four steps and…
A 7-year-old boy falls from playground equipment and sustains a displaced supracondylar fracture of the humerus. His hand is warm, capillary refill is 1.5 secon…
A 42-year-old woman has a second proximal deep vein thrombosis while taking rivaroxaban as prescribed. She has no interacting medicines, normal renal function a…
A 68-year-old man with metastatic oesophageal cancer develops a symptomatic proximal deep vein thrombosis. He completed treatment for melaena from the tumour tw…
A 29-year-old woman at 10 weeks of pregnancy presents with sudden pleuritic chest pain and breathlessness. Her heart rate is 108/min, oxygen saturation is 98% o…
A 41-year-old woman is rescued from a vehicle fire with burns encircling the chest and upper abdomen. She is intubated and ventilated, but her peak airway press…
A 28-year-old electrician receives an electrical injury while working on industrial equipment. There is a small contact mark on the palm and a larger mark at th…
A 32-year-old man is rescued from a burning warehouse. He is confused, hypotensive and tachypnoeic, with soot on his face but no wheeze. His pulse oximeter read…