Results for “incontinence”

An 18-month-old boy is brought to a rural emergency department after being found in a farm shed beside a spilt container, with his clothing wet. He is drowsy bu…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 26-year-old woman with a history of childhood sexual abuse collapses in the emergency department waiting room and develops generalised shaking. Twelve minutes…

Psychiatry · Pre-internship · niche

A 78-year-old woman is brought by her daughter because over eighteen months she has become slower at finding words and repeatedly mislays her keys. She still dr…

Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 74-year-old man is brought by his wife because for the past year he has described the small children who come into the lounge room most afternoons; he can say…

Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 19-year-old man is brought in by friends four hours after a party. He is agitated, mumbles continuously and plucks at the bedclothes, and does not know where…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · common

A 74-year-old man is referred for six months of recurrent falls. He reports that his feet sometimes seem stuck to the floor when he starts walking, and he takes…

Geriatrics and Palliative Care · Clinical rotations · common

An 81-year-old man is admitted with a fractured neck of femur and becomes inattentive and disorganised over 24 hours. His level of alertness fluctuates, but he…

Geriatrics and Palliative Care · Clinical rotations · common

A 76-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after losing consciousness while pushing his lawnmower up a slope. His wife reports he went pale and co…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common