Results for “pancreatitis”

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 7-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department because he has been breathing hard since the morning. He has vomited repeatedly for two days and says hi…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 71-year-old man presents with two hours of severe left loin pain radiating into the groin, with vomiting. He has never had pain like this before. He smokes 20…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 42-year-old woman has 18 months of fatigue, pruritus and intermittent discomfort beneath the right costal margin. Alkaline phosphatase is 410 U/L (30–110), al…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 42-year-old man presents with several months of pruritus followed by yellowing of the eyes. He has ulcerative colitis, an alkaline phosphatase of 680 U/L (30–…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · common

A 14-year-old boy presents with sudden severe lower abdominal pain that woke him from sleep two hours ago, accompanied by two episodes of vomiting. He is pale a…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common

A 45-year-old woman is admitted with epigastric pain radiating to the back and a serum lipase of 2400 U/L (<60). Ultrasound shows multiple small stones in the g…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 68-year-old woman presents with two days of constant right upper quadrant and epigastric pain. Overnight she had two episodes of violent, uncontrollable shaki…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · common

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 electrolyte imbalance is most commonly associated with acute pancreatitis?

Year 4 · Pre-internship · common

A 45-year-old woman presents to the emergency department due to the sudden onset of nausea, vomiting, and epigastric pain radiating to the back for the past 6 h…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · middle twist