Results for “atrial fibrillation”

A 29-year-old man presents with palpitations and light-headedness. His pulse is irregular at 190 beats per minute and the blood pressure is 126/74 mmHg. The ECG…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · niche

A 34-year-old woman taking sertraline 100 mg daily for depression presents with two hours of agitation and profuse sweating. Two days earlier her general practi…

Emergency and Toxicology · Clinical rotations · common

A 74-year-old woman presents with severe pain in her left leg that began abruptly two hours ago while she was sitting watching television. She walks to the shop…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common

A 76-year-old woman taking warfarin for atrial fibrillation attends for a routine INR check, which returns at 11.0 (target 2.0–3.0). She recently completed a co…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 72-year-old man presents three days after an episode of weakness of his left arm and leg with slurred speech, which resolved completely within 20 minutes. He…

Neurology · Clinical rotations · common

A 76-year-old woman with atrial fibrillation, whose apixaban was stopped three weeks ago after a fall, presents with four hours of severe constant central abdom…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common

A 66-year-old man is five days after an ultra-low anterior resection for rectal cancer and had initially been recovering well. Overnight he developed an irregul…

Surgery and Perioperative Care · Clinical rotations · common

A 66-year-old man with ischaemic cardiomyopathy attends for review. Echocardiography shows a left ventricular ejection fraction of 30%, and he remains breathles…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common

A 68-year-old man presents with 30 minutes of rapid palpitations and light-headedness. Three years ago he had a heart attack treated with a coronary artery sten…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common

A 68-year-old man presents to his general practitioner for a routine review of his medications. He has a history of osteoarthritis, for which he takes naproxen…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 76-year-old man presents to the emergency department with a 6-hour history of passing large volumes of bright red blood per rectum. He feels lightheaded and f…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 72-year-old man with a history of hypertension and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) presents the emergency department due to sudden onset…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 72-year-old man presents to the emergency department with a sudden onset of severe right leg pain over the past 3 hours. He also reports numbness and weakness…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · middle twist