Results for “alcohol”

A 29-year-old man with schizophrenia is brought to the emergency department after threatening another patient. He is pacing, shouting and clenching his fists; h…

Psychiatry and Mental Health · Pre-internship · common

A 74-year-old woman develops profuse watery diarrhoea on day 5 of intravenous antibiotic therapy for pneumonia. Stool testing confirms Clostridioides difficile…

Nursing · Clinical rotations · common

A 30-year-old Aboriginal man attends a regional clinic for an annual health assessment. He feels well, smokes ten cigarettes daily, drinks alcohol most weekends…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 45-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after taking 20 paracetamol tablets following an argument. He is medically cleared and a psychiatric as…

Psychiatry and Mental Health · Clinical rotations · common

A 52-year-old man is admitted to hospital after a fall at home and is managed with analgesia and bed rest. Thirty-six hours after admission he becomes restless…

Psychiatry and Mental Health · Clinical rotations · common

A 38-year-old man is reviewed because his blood pressure remains elevated despite perindopril 10 mg and amlodipine 10 mg daily. He feels well, sleeps soundly wi…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common

A 58-year-old man is reviewed after routine blood tests show ALT 68 U/L (<40), AST 44 U/L (<40) and GGT 80 U/L (<60). He has type 2 diabetes and hypertension, h…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · common

A 79-year-old man has taken diazepam 5 mg nightly for 10 years and wants to stop because of morning unsteadiness. He has no seizures, severe anxiety disorder or…

Geriatrics and Palliative Care · Pre-internship · common

A 52-year-old man presents to the emergency department with sudden onset of vomiting blood and lightheadedness. He reports passing black stools over the past fe…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · common

A 72-year-old woman with well-compensated alcoholic cirrhosis (Child-Pugh A) is referred due to persistent iron deficiency anaemia. She denies haematemesis, mel…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · niche

A 61-year-old man presents to the emergency department with a 6-hour history of hematemesis and melena. He reports a long-standing history of osteoarthritis, fo…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · common

A 68-year-old man presents to his general practitioner for a routine review of his medications. He has a history of osteoarthritis, for which he takes naproxen…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 39-year-old male presents to the emergency department with sudden onset of pleuritic chest pain that worsens with a supine position and relieves with leaning…

Year 2 · Mechanisms of disease · common

A 42-year-old woman presents to the clinic with a painless mass on the right side of her face that has been present for the past 8 months. On examination, there…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · common

A 32-year-old male presents to the emergency room complaining of multiple episodes of forceful vomiting followed by vomiting of blood. The patient consumed a bo…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · common

A 45-year-old woman presents to the emergency department due to the sudden onset of nausea, vomiting, and epigastric pain radiating to the back for the past 6 h…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · middle twist