Results for “haemoglobin”

A 34-year-old woman is reviewed 18 hours after an emergency caesarean section complicated by a 1.6 L postpartum haemorrhage. The bleeding has been controlled fo…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Pre-internship · common

A woman develops ongoing haemorrhage during an emergency caesarean section for uterine atony. After 3 units of red blood cells and 2 units of fresh frozen plasm…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Pre-internship · middle twist

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 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 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 34-year-old woman attends her general practitioner eight weeks after the vaginal birth of her first child. Her pregnancy was complicated by gestational diabet…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · common

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 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 67-year-old woman develops a temperature of 38.3°C and rigors 30 minutes after a red-cell transfusion begins. She is haemodynamically stable and has no dyspno…

Haematology and Oncology · Pre-internship · common

A 68-year-old man reports persistent thoracic back pain and fatigue for 3 months. His haemoglobin is 92 g/L (reference range 130–170), creatinine is 180 micromo…

Haematology and Oncology · Clinical rotations · common