Medicine

A 30-hour-old boy develops jaundice and pallor. He is feeding reasonably well and has mild splenomegaly. His mother is blood group O positive and he is group B…

A 67-year-old man with alcohol dependence has mild withdrawal 10 hours after his last drink, with anxiety, tremor and nausea but no hallucinations or seizure. H…

A 59-year-old woman develops sharp central chest pain two days after an uncomplicated ST-elevation myocardial infarction. She says it is worse when she takes a…

A 29-year-old woman requests emergency contraception four days after unprotected intercourse. She has a body mass index of 34 kg/m² and takes carbamazepine for…

A 21-year-old woman presents to the GP with urinary urgency, suprapubic discomfort, and dysuria. This is her third similar episode in the past year. She does no…

A 45-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus presents with a painful, rapidly expanding area of redness on her thigh. She has a fever of 39°C (102.2°F) and hypote…

A 65-year-old man presents with purple spots on his forearms and hands that appeared over the past few days. He denies pain, itching, or trauma. His medical his…

During an epidemiological study of a population of 100,500 people, 500 individuals were identified as existing cases of a certain disease. Over the course of on…

You are conducting a routine developmental assessment on Leo, a healthy 8-week-old infant who was born full-term. His parents are curious about his developmenta…

A 25-year-old patient receiving acetylcysteine for immediate-release paracetamol poisoning develops a rash, urticaria, and flushing shortly after the infusion s…