Results for “proteinuria”

A 4-year-old girl has had puffy eyelids each morning for two weeks and now has swollen legs and a distended abdomen. Her blood pressure is 96/58 mmHg. Urine tes…

Physiology · Foundations · common

A 35-year-old woman at 35 weeks of pregnancy presents with vomiting, malaise and jaundice. She is normotensive, has no proteinuria and has mild right upper quad…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 35-year-old primigravida at 37 weeks’ gestation is found to have blood pressure readings of 148/96 and 146/94 mmHg 4 hours apart. Urine protein is 2+, platele…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 29-year-old man presents after completing an unusually strenuous cross-country event with severe thigh pain and dark urine. His creatinine concentration is 28…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · common

A 31-year-old woman with chronic hypertension was taking labetalol before conception. At 30 weeks, her blood pressure has risen from 132/82 to 154/98 mmHg. A ur…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · common

A 33-year-old woman at 33+5 weeks has a blood pressure of 168/112 mmHg on two occasions despite oral treatment. She has persistent right upper quadrant pain; pl…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 28-year-old primigravida gives birth vaginally at 38 weeks gestation. During labour she was commenced on oral labetalol for blood pressure readings of 160/108…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · common

A 29-year-old woman presents ten days after an uncomplicated vaginal delivery under epidural analgesia with four days of worsening headache, which she says is w…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 23-year-old man presents because his urine has turned dark brown, which he noticed this morning. Two days ago he developed a sore throat and runny nose, which…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · common

A 76-year-old woman taking perindopril for hypertension and regular ibuprofen for knee osteoarthritis presents after three days of vomiting and watery diarrhoea…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · common

A 38-year-old woman has recurrent episodes of visible haematuria, but her renal function is normal and urine protein excretion is minimal. The episodes begin wi…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · common

A 42-year-old man presents with haemoptysis, fatigue and rapidly worsening renal function. Creatinine is 486 micromol/L, urine microscopy shows dysmorphic red c…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 67-year-old woman develops oliguria and a creatinine rise from 84 to 310 micromol/L after several days of septic shock. Urinalysis shows 2+ blood but no signi…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · common

A 29-year-old man presents with facial puffiness, dark urine and ankle swelling. He had an impetigo-like skin infection 18 days ago, and his blood pressure is 1…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · common

A 72-year-old man is found to have a serum creatinine of 286 micromol/L, compared with 98 micromol/L 3 months earlier. He reports six months of poor urinary str…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · common

A 71-year-old man presents with headache, blurred vision and spontaneous bruising. Blood tests show haemoglobin 86 g/L (reference range 130–170), total protein…

Haematology and Oncology · Clinical rotations · common

A 36-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus has increasing ankle swelling and foamy urine. Her urine protein-to-creatinine ratio is 180 mg/mmol (refer…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · common

A 29-year-old woman has photosensitive facial erythema, painless oral ulcers and symmetrical pain and swelling of the small joints of both hands. Urinalysis sho…

Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal · Clinical rotations · common

A a 68-year-old man with a history of gastroesophageal reflux disease presents with worsening kidney function over the past two weeks. He started a proton pump…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · common