Results for “anaemia”

A 4-year-old girl has had bruises on her shins and trunk for three weeks. Her mother says she has become pale, tires on the walk to kindergarten and asks to be…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common

A 2-year-old boy whose parents were born in Vietnam has a blood test before starting childcare. He drinks about 700 mL of cow milk a day and refuses meat. He is…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A five-week-old exclusively breastfed boy is brought to the general practitioner because he is still yellow. He was born at term weighing 3.4 kg and now weighs…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 16-year-old girl attends her general practice for a routine health check required before a school leadership camp. She is well, her growth is on the 50th cent…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 2-year-old girl is brought to a general practice because she is pale and always tired. Her weight has drifted from the 50th to the 10th centile over the past…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common

A 20-month-old boy of Greek-Australian parents is investigated for pallor and irritability. He drinks about 1.2 litres of full-cream milk a day from a bottle, i…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 9-year-old girl has had five months of intermittent central abdominal pain, worst on school mornings. Her parents separated six months ago and she has missed…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 9-week-old boy has a full blood count taken when an intravenous cannula is inserted before an inguinal hernia repair. He was born at 39 weeks weighing 3300 g,…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 5-week-old girl is brought to the emergency department after two episodes of vomiting and an hour of unusual drowsiness. She was born at home at term after an…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

An 84-year-old woman is brought to a Perth general practice by her daughter, with whom she lives, for a third presentation this year with dehydration. She has l…

Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 29-year-old woman attends for the fourth time in six months with headache, abdominal pain and difficulty sleeping. Investigations at the previous visits were…

Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 78-year-old retired farmer is brought in by his wife with four months of tiredness, vague upper abdominal discomfort and aching legs. He has lost 5 kg. He sto…

Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 16-year-old boy is brought by his father because he has gone from the top of his class to failing in six months. He has quit the swimming squad, sleeps until…

Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist

An 82-year-old woman is admitted overnight with a fractured neck of femur after a fall at home. She has had no chest pain, breathlessness or palpitations. Preop…

Acute Care · Pre-internship · niche

A 34-year-old woman born in Vietnam is investigated for tiredness. Her periods are normal, she eats meat, takes no medicines, and was told she was slightly anae…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · common

A 34-year-old woman has had 8 months of heavy menstrual bleeding. She is breathless climbing one flight of stairs and tired all day. Her conjunctivae are pale.…

Physiology · Foundations · middle twist

A 62-year-old man describes tightness across the chest when he walks up the hill to his home; it settles within three minutes of rest. He first noticed it a mon…

Physiology · Foundations · common

A 21-year-old university student notices yellowing of his eyes after several days of restricted food intake during examinations. He is otherwise well and has no…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · 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 7-year-old boy has complained of pain in both thighs and an intermittent limp for one month. He is pale but afebrile, and there is no joint swelling; both hip…

Haematology and Oncology · Clinical rotations · common