19 free questions tagged Emergency Medicine, each with a full explanation of every option.
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A 46-year-old man wakes with markedly reduced hearing in his right ear and a continuous high-pitched noise. He has no pain, discharge or recent infection, and t…
A 39-year-old man with bipolar disorder is brought to the emergency department one hour after becoming agitated and incoherent. His medicines are sertraline, tr…
A 46-year-old man with schizophrenia becomes restless and confused two days after his haloperidol dose was increased. He is febrile at 39.8°C, has widespread mu…
A 52-year-old man with alcohol dependence is brought to the emergency department after being found confused at home. He has had several days of vomiting and is…
A 21-year-old man collapses at the 14 km mark of a city fun run on a 34°C day. In the trackside medical tent he is confused and agitated with a Glasgow Coma Sca…
A 32-year-old woman develops widespread urticaria, lip swelling and wheeze within 15 minutes of eating a satay dish at a restaurant. On arrival of paramedics he…
A 19-year-old man presents six hours after an acute ingestion of an unknown number of immediate-release paracetamol tablets in a suicide attempt. He is alert, w…
A 24-year-old woman presents to the emergency department two hours after impulsively swallowing 32 tablets of 500 mg immediate-release paracetamol (16 g) follow…
A 58-year-old man with chronic kidney disease presents with weakness. Serum potassium is 7.1 mmol/L, and the laboratory result has been confirmed on a repeat no…
A 29-year-old woman requests emergency contraception 4 days after unprotected intercourse. Her BMI is 36 kg/m², she is not pregnant and has no contraindication…
A 45-year-old man becomes acutely unwell after receiving approximately 20 mL of an incompatible red-cell unit. He develops fever, severe flank pain, hypotension…
A 45-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus presents with a painful, rapidly expanding area of redness on her thigh. She has a fever of 39°C (102.2°F) and hypote…
A 45-year-old woman is brought to the emergency room after developing diffuse skin tenderness and blistering. Her symptoms initially started with fever and mala…
A 52-year-old male is currently an inpatient on a hospital ward. He developed rapid-onset swelling of the lips and face during his hospital stay. He reports no…
A 72-year-old man with Alzheimer’s disease is brought to the emergency room by his daughter due to confusion and lethargy over the past few days. His daughter s…
A 59-year-old male presents to the emergency room after he develops a fever of 38.5°C (101.3°F). He was recently diagnosed with leukemia and started chemotherap…
A 20-year-old college student presents to the emergency department with a fever, severe headache, and neck stiffness for the past 12 hours. One of his roommates…
A 25-year-old male is brought to the emergency department after a road traffic accident. On examination, he opens his eyes to pain, speaks incomprehensible soun…
Which electrolyte imbalance is most commonly associated with acute pancreatitis?
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