Results for “cirrhosis”

You are the intern covering a medical ward at 2 am. A 61-year-old woman with cirrhosis due to hepatitis C is admitted with hepatic encephalopathy; she is drowsy…

Acute Care · Pre-internship · niche

A 58-year-old man was admitted 36 hours ago with severe acute pancreatitis and has been given 7 litres of sodium chloride 0.9%. He is alert and normotensive, is…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 56-year-old man with alcohol-related cirrhosis presents with profuse vomiting of blood. He is agitated, intermittently drowsy and repeatedly coughing while bl…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · common

A 58-year-old man with established alcohol-related cirrhosis presents with two episodes of black, offensive stool and light-headedness. His blood pressure is 10…

Infectious Diseases · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 78-year-old woman becomes agitated and repeatedly pulls at her intravenous line on the second night after hip surgery. She alternates between asking where she…

Geriatrics and Palliative Care · Clinical rotations · common

A 64-year-old woman with cirrhosis presents with fresh haematemesis and melaena. After intravenous access, cautious crystalloid and cross-matched blood have bee…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 47-year-old woman has fatigue, pruritus and intermittent jaundice. Alanine aminotransferase is 680 U/L (5–40), IgG is 31 g/L (7–16), antinuclear and smooth-mu…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · common

A 67-year-old man with alcohol dependence has mild withdrawal 10 hours after his last drink, with anxiety, tremor and nausea but no hallucinations or seizure. H…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Mechanisms of disease · middle twist

A 46-year-old man with longstanding alcohol dependence has eaten little during two weeks of vomiting. He is inattentive, walks with a broad-based gait and repea…

General Practice and Population Health · Clinical rotations · common

A 54-year-old man with cirrhosis secondary to chronic hepatitis C presents with two episodes of haematemesis over the past hour. On arrival his blood pressure i…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

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