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A 3-year-old girl is brought in after her mother felt a lump in her tummy while bathing her. She is thriving, plays normally, and has had no fever, weight loss…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common
A boy is born at 39 weeks after spontaneous labour. The membranes ruptured 26 hours before birth and his mother had a temperature of 38.4 degrees during labour;…
Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist
A boy born at 39 weeks by spontaneous vaginal birth is 60 hours old. He has a high-pitched cry, tremors when he is undressed, sneezes repeatedly and takes the b…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A woman whose vaginal-rectal swab at 36 weeks grew group B streptococcus labours spontaneously at 39 weeks and 4 days. Her membranes rupture six hours before bi…
Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 9-week-old girl is brought to a regional emergency department with three weeks of cough. Her mother describes bouts of coughing that leave her red in the face…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 14-year-old girl has had daily tiredness and central abdominal pain for eight months and has attended school on only nine days this term. Full blood count, in…
Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reports causes of death for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people. Among Aboriginal and…
Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 46-year-old man has consulted five doctors in two years convinced he has bowel cancer. He has had three colonoscopies, all normal, and inspects his stool ever…
Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · 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 61-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after fainting and passing a large amount of bright red blood. His blood pressure is now 102/70 mmHg af…
Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 74-year-old woman presents with sudden passage of a large volume of dark red blood per rectum. After two litres of intravenous crystalloid her blood pressure…
Emergency and Toxicology · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 59-year-old man develops rapidly worsening breathlessness five days after an influenza-like illness. He has a temperature of 39.8°C, respiratory rate of 38/mi…
Respiratory · Clinical rotations · 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 76-year-old man with persistent atrial fibrillation develops sudden severe abdominal pain and vomiting. He is pale and distressed, but his abdomen is initiall…
Emergency and Toxicology · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 69-year-old man has had three episodes of melaena over two months and requires repeated iron infusions. He takes no non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and…
Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · common
A 67-year-old man presents with recurrent passage of bright-red blood and clots. After initial fluid replacement, his blood pressure is 126/74 mmHg and pulse is…
Cardiovascular · 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 61-year-old man asks about bowel cancer screening. He has no change in bowel habit, rectal bleeding or iron deficiency, and his mother was diagnosed with bowe…
Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · common
A 71-year-old woman attends a community nursing service with a shallow ulcer above the left medial malleolus present for 8 weeks. The surrounding skin is brown-…
Nursing · Clinical rotations · middle twist
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