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An 18-month-old boy is brought to a rural emergency department after being found in a farm shed beside a spilt container, with his clothing wet. He is drowsy bu…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 14-month-old girl is brought to a rural general practice with three days of watery diarrhoea and vomiting. She is alert and playing, her lips are dry, her cap…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common

A 4-year-old girl admitted with a severe exacerbation of a chronic illness has a nasogastric tube in situ and cannot swallow tablets. One of her regular medicin…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 5-year-old boy has had a clear runny nose and a dry night cough for four days. He is afebrile and eating normally, and his chest, throat and ears are normal.…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · common

A 7-year-old boy has had atopic dermatitis since infancy. Over two years his height has fallen from the 50th to the 10th centile, with weight falling in paralle…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

An 8-month-old boy is brought to a general practice with six weeks of dry, pink, scaly patches on both cheeks and around the mouth. He rubs at them and wakes se…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · niche

A 2-year-old boy whose parents were born in Vietnam has a blood test before starting childcare. He drinks about 700 mL of cow milk a day and refuses meat. He is…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 28-year-old woman who has had type 1 diabetes since she was twelve asks how to prepare for a pregnancy she hopes to start in about six months. Her most recent…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 14-year-old girl who has had type 1 diabetes since she was eight is reviewed in the paediatric diabetes clinic. Her glycated haemoglobin has risen over twelve…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common

A 2-year-old girl is brought to a general practice because she is pale and always tired. Her weight has drifted from the 50th to the 10th centile over the past…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common

A 5-month-old boy is brought to a regional general practice because he "is not filling out". Born at term weighing 3.4 kg, he tracked along the 50th centile unt…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 9-month-old boy is brought by his mother, who is worried he is too small because her sister's baby of the same age is much bigger. He was born at term weighin…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 20-month-old boy of Greek-Australian parents is investigated for pallor and irritability. He drinks about 1.2 litres of full-cream milk a day from a bottle, i…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 26-year-old woman with a two-year eating disorder is admitted with cramps and profound weakness. She weighs 58 kg and has not lost weight. She denies vomiting…

Psychiatry · Pre-internship · niche

A 58-year-old man is brought to a regional emergency department after threatening a neighbour with a length of timber. He is shouting, will not sit, and has twi…

Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 68-year-old woman is brought in from a residential aged care facility with fever and new confusion. Her temperature is 38.9 degrees Celsius, blood pressure 82…

Acute Care · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 63-year-old man collapses in an emergency department waiting room. He is shocked once for ventricular fibrillation and a palpable pulse returns after four min…

Acute Care · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 74-year-old man on the orthopaedic ward is found drowsy six hours after his first dose of slow-release oxycodone for a fractured neck of femur. He rouses brie…

Acute Care · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 70 kg man has a 12 cm laceration across the extensor surface of his right forearm from a falling pane of glass. Tendon function through the full range of move…

Acute Care · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 24-year-old woman is brought in by ambulance after being found unrousable at home. She had swallowed six of her flatmate's morphine tablets, which he takes tw…

Acute Care · Pre-internship · middle twist