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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 68-year-old man develops sudden pleuritic chest pain and tachypnoea after prolonged immobility. Arterial blood gas analysis on room air shows pH 7.48, PaCO2 3…
Biomedical Science · Mechanisms of disease · common
A 58-year-old man is receiving his first dose of intravenous vancomycin for a surgical site infection, charted to run over 60 minutes. Twenty minutes into the i…
Nursing · Clinical rotations · common
A 68-year-old man is on the surgical ward 6 hours after an open appendicectomy. The nurse records a respiratory rate of 28 breaths/min, heart rate 132/min, bloo…
Nursing · Pre-internship · common
A 17-year-old girl presents six hours after a deliberate ingestion of tablets taken from the family bathroom cabinet. She complains of nausea, repeated vomiting…
Emergency and Toxicology · Clinical rotations · common
A 21-year-old man collapses at the 14 km mark of a city fun run on a 34°C day. In the trackside medical tent he is confused and agitated with a Glasgow Coma Sca…
Emergency and Toxicology · Pre-internship · common
A 34-year-old man in suburban Sydney felt a sharp pinprick on the back of his hand while moving pot plants stacked against the house. Over the next two hours he…
Emergency and Toxicology · Clinical rotations · common
A 32-year-old woman develops widespread urticaria, lip swelling and wheeze within 15 minutes of eating a satay dish at a restaurant. On arrival of paramedics he…
Emergency and Toxicology · Pre-internship · common
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 28-year-old man with schizophrenia that failed to respond to two previous antipsychotics has been taking clozapine for four months with good effect. He presen…
Psychiatry and Mental Health · Clinical rotations · common
A 24-day-old girl is brought to the emergency department after her mother measured an axillary temperature of 38.3°C at home. She was born at term after an unco…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common
A 9-month-old girl is brought to the emergency department with three days of runny nose and moist cough, and one day of fast, noisy breathing. She is taking abo…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common
A 23-year-old man presents with a five-day history of worsening sore throat, and swallowing has become so painful that he is spitting his saliva into a cup. His…
Eyes, Ears, Nose and Throat · Clinical rotations · common
A 66-year-old man is five days after an ultra-low anterior resection for rectal cancer and had initially been recovering well. Overnight he developed an irregul…
Surgery and Perioperative Care · Clinical rotations · common
A 25-year-old motorcyclist is brought to the emergency department after a high-speed crash, complaining of left-sided chest pain and severe breathlessness; he c…
Emergency and Toxicology · Pre-internship · 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 61-year-old man presents with four days of fever, a dry cough and increasing breathlessness. His wife reports he has been muddled since yesterday and has pass…
Respiratory · Clinical rotations · common
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 28-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with two days of right-sided chest pain that is worse on deep inspiration. She takes a combined oral co…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common