Results for “renal function”

A 24-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department after drinking approximately 8 L of water during a long-distance event. She is drowsy and has a serum…

Neurology · Clinical rotations · common

A 42-year-old woman has a second proximal deep vein thrombosis while taking rivaroxaban as prescribed. She has no interacting medicines, normal renal function a…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 68-year-old man with metastatic oesophageal cancer develops a symptomatic proximal deep vein thrombosis. He completed treatment for melaena from the tumour tw…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 3-week-old boy is brought with persistent jaundice, poor weight gain and two episodes of jitteriness before feeds. He was born at term with a small penis and…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 32-year-old woman at 34 weeks gestation reports two weeks of intense itching that is worse at night and began on her hands and feet. She has no rash, abdomina…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · common

A 63-year-old man with metastatic squamous cell carcinoma has persistent thirst, vomiting and confusion. After intravenous saline, his serum calcium concentrati…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · middle twist

An 82-year-old woman becomes confused and unsteady over three days while being treated for depression and hypertension. She is euvolaemic, her serum sodium is 1…

Geriatrics and Palliative Care · Clinical rotations · common

A 31-year-old woman with chronic hypertension was taking labetalol before conception. At 30 weeks, her blood pressure has risen from 132/82 to 154/98 mmHg. A ur…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · common

A 29-year-old woman at 29 weeks has gestational diabetes managed with dietary advice and exercise. For the past 2 weeks, her fasting capillary glucose concentra…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 70-year-old woman is recovering from a small ischaemic stroke and is found to have persistent atrial fibrillation. She has normal renal function and no eviden…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common

A 68-year-old man presents with a two-day history of fever, productive cough and pleuritic chest pain. He is alert, has a respiratory rate of 32/min, blood pres…

Respiratory · Clinical rotations · common

A 42-year-old woman has a second proximal deep vein thrombosis while taking rivaroxaban regularly for a previous unprovoked event. Her renal function is normal…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 66-year-old man with metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma develops a symptomatic proximal deep vein thrombosis. He has a friable gastric lesion with recent occul…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 29-year-old woman has 6 weeks of amenorrhoea and two days of increasing right iliac fossa pain. Transvaginal ultrasonography shows a 30-mm right tubal gestati…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 9-year-old boy is brought to a regional Victorian hospital 45 minutes after a suspected snakebite to the calf while walking through long grass. A pressure imm…

Emergency and Toxicology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 58-year-old woman presents with two days of right loin pain radiating to the groin, associated with shaking chills. Her temperature is 38.9°C, pulse 118/min a…

Emergency and Toxicology · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 52-year-old man has a blood pressure of 162/98 mmHg despite adequate doses of perindopril, amlodipine and hydrochlorothiazide, with good adherence confirmed.…

Endocrine and Metabolic · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 45-year-old woman has a 7-mm calculus in the distal ureter on non-contrast CT. Her pain is controlled with oral analgesia, creatinine is normal, and she is af…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 38-year-old woman has recurrent episodes of visible haematuria, but her renal function is normal and urine protein excretion is minimal. The episodes begin wi…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · common

A 42-year-old man presents with haemoptysis, fatigue and rapidly worsening renal function. Creatinine is 486 micromol/L, urine microscopy shows dysmorphic red c…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · middle twist