Results for “colon”

A 61-year-old man returns to discuss the result of a bowel cancer screening kit he completed through the national program, which detected blood in one of two sa…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · common

A 72-year-old woman presents with an ulcer above her left medial malleolus that has been present for eight weeks. She has type 2 diabetes and smoked a packet of…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist

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 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 78-year-old man from a residential aged care facility, with long-standing constipation, presents with three days of increasing abdominal distension and no pas…

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 63-year-old woman with acute myeloid leukaemia has had febrile neutropenia for 96 hours despite piperacillin-tazobactam. She remains haemodynamically stable,…

Emergency and Toxicology · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 62-year-old man attends his general practitioner for preventive health care and has no gastrointestinal symptoms. He has no personal or family history suggest…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · common

A 72-year-old woman is undergoing evaluation for persistent postprandial fullness and intermittent epigastric discomfort. She has no history of reflux or dyspha…

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