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A 68-year-old man taking gliclazide modified release for type 2 diabetes is found drowsy with a blood glucose concentration of 2.1 mmol/L. He improves after int…
Emergency and Toxicology · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 72-year-old woman with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma presents with confusion, constipation and weakness. Her serum calcium is 4.18 mmol/L (2.10–2.60), crea…
Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 46-year-old man is found vomiting beside an open container of an automotive fluid. He has tachypnoea, flank pain and oliguria; arterial blood gas analysis sho…
Emergency and Toxicology · Clinical rotations · common
A 29-year-old woman presents with headache, confusion and reduced urine output. She is pale and has scattered petechiae; investigations show haemoglobin 78 g/L…
Haematology and Oncology · Clinical rotations · middle twist
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 29-year-old woman at 25 weeks of pregnancy presents with right flank pain, rigors and vomiting. Her temperature is 39.2°C, pulse 132/min and blood pressure 92…
Emergency and Toxicology · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 5-month-old boy is brought to hospital with 2 days of nasal congestion, cough and reduced breastfeeds. He is alert but has subcostal recession and widespread…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common
A 71-year-old man presents with three days of dyspnoea. CT pulmonary angiography shows bilateral pulmonary emboli and right ventricular enlargement; his blood p…
Cardiovascular · 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
An otherwise well 29-year-old woman presents eight days after an uncomplicated vaginal delivery with a headache that has gradually intensified over four days. I…
Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 32-year-old man presents to an Australian emergency department with fever, headache and myalgia 10 days after returning from Papua New Guinea. He took doxycyc…
Infectious Diseases · Clinical rotations · common
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 24-year-old man with type 1 diabetes presents with vomiting and abdominal pain. His blood glucose concentration is 28 mmol/L, blood ketones are 6.4 mmol/L and…
Endocrine and Metabolic · Clinical rotations · middle twist
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
A 72-year-old man with diabetic kidney disease takes perindopril and spironolactone. He has a serum potassium concentration of 6.2 mmol/L (3.5–5.2), chloride 11…
Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 29-year-old man presents after completing an unusually strenuous cross-country event with severe thigh pain and dark urine. His creatinine concentration is 28…
Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · common
A 68-year-old man with chronic kidney disease is admitted with pneumonia and has received intravenous fluids, calcium gluconate and insulin with glucose for a s…
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