Results for “diabetes”
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A 6-year-old Aboriginal boy attends a Perth general practice with his mother for a certificate to return to school after chickenpox. He is well, fully immunised…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A mother brings her 18-month-old son to the general practice for a routine check. Her own mother has just moved in and keeps her tablets in a weekly pill organi…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 12-year-old Aboriginal girl from a remote community has been admitted to a tertiary hospital with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes. English is the family's fir…
Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 15-year-old girl with type 1 diabetes since the age of nine attends the clinic with her father. Her glycated haemoglobin has risen steadily over 12 months. He…
Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 9-year-old girl with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes has been on the paediatric ward for eight hours receiving intravenous fluid and an insulin infusion for k…
Paediatrics · Pre-internship · niche
A 9-year-old boy has two years of worsening exercise intolerance, drooping eyelids and newly fitted hearing aids. You take a family history to draw a pedigree.…
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 boy is born at 39 weeks weighing 4450 g to a woman whose gestational diabetes required insulin from 28 weeks. The birth was complicated by shoulder dystocia r…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common
An 11-year-old girl has just been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and will start insulin today. She is quiet, and her only questions are whether the injections w…
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 9-year-old boy is referred to a paediatric clinic because his weight is above the 97th centile. Both parents are overweight, he spends most of his free time o…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 44-year-old man is admitted under your team after a myocardial infarction. Genetic testing has confirmed familial hypercholesterolaemia and the lipid clinic h…
Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 12-year-old Aboriginal boy is seen at a community clinic for a sports form. His body mass index is well above the 95th centile for age. His mother mentions th…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 9-year-old girl has had five months of intermittent central abdominal pain, worst on school mornings. Her parents separated six months ago and she has missed…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 14-year-old girl is brought by her mother because her marks have dropped over three months, she has quit netball, and she is irritable and withdrawn. Her pare…
Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 12-year-old boy attends with his mother. His body mass index for age is above the 99.7th percentile on his growth chart, having been on the 92nd percentile at…
Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist
An 81-year-old woman attends a Perth general practice for a diabetes review, accompanied by her son, who moved in with her this year and has driven her today. T…
Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · common
A 49-year-old woman with schizophrenia has taken olanzapine for 12 years and attends a community clinic. Over three months she has become thirsty, gets up twice…
Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 78-year-old retired farmer is brought in by his wife with four months of tiredness, vague upper abdominal discomfort and aching legs. He has lost 5 kg. He sto…
Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · middle twist
An 83-year-old woman in residential care has advanced Alzheimer disease. Over six weeks she has repeatedly struck staff during personal care and shouts that the…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · common