Results for “respiratory failure”

A 17-year-old girl is admitted for nutritional rehabilitation. She weighs 39 kg with a height of 168 cm, having lost 15 kg over six months through severe dietar…

Psychiatry and Mental Health · Clinical rotations · common

A 71-year-old woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presents with two days of worsening breathlessness and purulent sputum. She is treated with 28% o…

Respiratory · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 58-year-old man presents with three weeks of progressive breathlessness and a dull right-sided chest ache. He has smoked 30 cigarettes daily for 35 years and…

Respiratory · Clinical rotations · common

A 23-year-old man presents because his urine has turned dark brown, which he noticed this morning. Two days ago he developed a sore throat and runny nose, which…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · common

A 29-year-old man presents with facial puffiness, dark urine and ankle swelling. He had an impetigo-like skin infection 18 days ago, and his blood pressure is 1…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · common

A 90-year-old man is dying from advanced heart failure and is no longer able to swallow. His breathing is noisy because of pooled respiratory secretions, but he…

Ethics and Professional Practice · Pre-internship · common

A 7-year-old boy presents to the emergency department with his mother, who reports that he developed a sore throat in the morning, which has worsened throughout…

Year 3 · Mechanisms of disease · common