Results for “bowel obstruction”

A 62-year-old Aboriginal woman from a remote Kimberley community is admitted to a Broome hospital with small bowel obstruction and listed for laparotomy on tomo…

Acute Care · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 62-year-old man has had 4 months of worsening constipation with cramping pain that comes in waves and eases after a few minutes; he cannot point to one spot w…

Anatomy · Foundations · middle twist

A 79-year-old woman presents with four days of intermittent cramping abdominal pain, vomiting and increasing abdominal distension. She has no history of abdomin…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · common

A 67-year-old man with a previous midline laparotomy presents with colicky abdominal pain, vomiting and progressive distension. Initially the pain came in waves…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 34-year-old man with established primary sclerosing cholangitis develops worsening pruritus and jaundice over six weeks, with a 5 kg weight loss. His bilirubi…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 79-year-old woman with a previous stroke develops fever, cough and a new right lower-zone infiltrate 36 hours after vomiting during a meal. She is alert, has…

Infectious Diseases · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 6-day-old boy born at term is brought to the emergency department after vomiting three times over four hours; the most recent vomitus was dark green. He fed n…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 78-year-old man from a residential aged care facility, with long-standing constipation, presents with three days of increasing abdominal distension and no pas…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · common

A 22-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with 24 hours of lower abdominal pain that began around the umbilicus and is now most marked on the rig…

Surgery and Perioperative Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 68-year-old man presents to the emergency department with a 24-hour history of worsening abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. He has a history of open sigmoi…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · middle twist

Which of the following is a key principle of herniorrhaphy (hernia repair)?

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · common