Results for “anaemia”

A 46-year-old man develops jaundice, dark urine and exertional dyspnoea over several weeks. He has splenomegaly, a haemoglobin concentration of 78 g/L (130–170)…

Haematology and Oncology · Mechanisms of disease · common

A 58-year-old woman presents with tiredness, a sore tongue and difficulty judging the position of her feet in the dark. She has a macrocytic anaemia, a low seru…

Haematology and Oncology · Clinical rotations · common

A 67-year-old woman with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis reports increasing fatigue and reduced exercise tolerance. Her haemoglobin is 92 g/L (115–155), mean…

Haematology and Oncology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

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…

Paediatrics · Mechanisms of disease · middle twist

A 69-year-old man has had three episodes of melaena over two months and requires repeated iron infusions. He takes no non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · common

A 29-year-old man presents after completing an unusually strenuous cross-country event with severe thigh pain and dark urine. His creatinine concentration is 28…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · common

A 46-year-old woman presents with fatigue, jaundice and dark urine that began after a respiratory infection. She has mild splenomegaly but no renal or neurologi…

AMC · Clinical rotations · common

A 29-year-old man presents with fever, bruising and aching in the long bones. He has pallor, scattered petechiae and a spleen palpable 2 cm below the costal mar…

AMC · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 74-year-old man reports several months of fatigue and burning of his feet. He has a smooth, sore tongue and impaired vibration sense at both ankles. His haemo…

AMC · Clinical rotations · common

A 54-year-old woman has progressive exertional dyspnoea. Spirometry shows a forced expiratory volume in one second of 2.4 L (reference greater than 2.0 L) and a…

Biomedical Science · Mechanisms of disease · middle twist

A laboratory technician is found unconscious in a poorly ventilated garage. Arterial blood shows pH 7.39, PaO2 13.0 kPa (reference 10.7–13.3 kPa), and PaCO2 5.1…

Biomedical Science · Mechanisms of disease · common

A 62-year-old woman is receiving her first unit of packed red blood cells for symptomatic anaemia. Fifteen minutes after commencement her temperature rises from…

Nursing · Pre-internship · common

A 27-year-old nulliparous woman requests reliable long-term contraception. Several times a year she has severe unilateral throbbing headaches that are preceded…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 24-year-old woman of Greek background is found to have abnormal results on a pre-employment blood count. She feels well, her periods are not heavy, and she re…

Haematology and Oncology · Clinical rotations · common

A 68-year-old man presents with three months of increasing tiredness and breathlessness climbing stairs. He eats a mixed diet, takes no regular medications, and…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · common

A 28-year-old woman presents with eight months of crampy lower abdominal pain that eases after opening her bowels, together with bloating and a bowel habit alte…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · common

A 71-year-old man presents with headache, blurred vision and spontaneous bruising. Blood tests show haemoglobin 86 g/L (reference range 130–170), total protein…

Haematology and Oncology · Clinical rotations · common

A 72-year-old woman with well-compensated alcoholic cirrhosis (Child-Pugh A) is referred due to persistent iron deficiency anaemia. She denies haematemesis, mel…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · niche

A 72-year-old male with history of stage 4 chronic kidney disease presents to the clinic after suffering from increasing fatigability and pallor. · Hemoglobin:…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 45-year-old woman presents with progressive tingling in her feet, difficulty walking, and imbalance for the past three months. She also reports generalized fa…

Year 3 · Clinical rotations · common