AMSA Study Guide
82 free questions tagged AMSA Study Guide, each with a full explanation of every option.
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A 45-year-old man wakes to find the left side of his face drooping. When he tries to raise his eyebrows only the right side moves, and he cannot fully close his…
Neurology · Clinical rotations · common
A 41-year-old woman presents with a headache that began abruptly while she was lifting weights at the gym yesterday evening, reaching maximum intensity within s…
Neurology · Clinical rotations · common
A 54-year-old woman receiving adjuvant docetaxel and cyclophosphamide for breast cancer presents nine days after her second cycle with a temperature of 38.4 °C,…
Haematology and Oncology · Pre-internship · common
A 67-year-old man with prostate cancer on androgen deprivation therapy presents with two weeks of mid-back pain that is worse lying flat and wakes him at night.…
Haematology and Oncology · Pre-internship · common
A 66-year-old woman is on day 8 after an elective total hip replacement and has been receiving subcutaneous enoxaparin 40 mg daily since surgery. Her platelet c…
Haematology and Oncology · Pre-internship · niche
A 27-year-old woman of Greek background attends for pre-pregnancy advice. She feels well. A full blood count taken by her previous doctor shows: haemoglobin 108…
Haematology and Oncology · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 31-year-old man who has sex with men presents with a two-week history of a non-itchy pinkish rash on his trunk that now involves his palms and soles, together…
Infectious Diseases · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 44-year-old man who works on the kill floor of an abattoir in central Queensland presents with six days of high fevers, drenching night sweats, severe headach…
Infectious Diseases · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 61-year-old man presents with 24 hours of severe pain, redness and swelling of his right first metatarsophalangeal joint, left ankle and right knee. He has ha…
Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 72-year-old woman presents with three weeks of a new, persistent right-sided headache. Brushing her hair on that side has become painful, and her jaw begins t…
Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 31-year-old woman presents with six months of fatigue, nausea and 7 kg of weight loss. She has been adding extra salt to everything and craves potato chips. F…
Endocrine and Metabolic · Clinical rotations · common
A 38-year-old woman presents with three weeks of aching pain in the front of her neck that worsens when she turns her head or swallows and radiates up to both e…
Endocrine and Metabolic · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 24-year-old man presents with dark brown urine that began the day after the onset of a sore throat. He recalls two similar episodes in the past two years, eac…
Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 68-year-old woman with recently diagnosed small cell lung cancer is brought in after a generalised tonic-clonic seizure at home. Over three days she has becom…
Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 46-year-old woman was admitted yesterday with epigastric pain and a serum lipase of 3,400 U/L (<60). Ultrasound showed multiple gallbladder stones and a commo…
Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 26-year-old man born in Vietnam who migrated to Australia at age 10 attends for a pre-employment medical. He is well. Blood tests show: hepatitis B surface an…
Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 29-year-old woman asks whether she has coeliac disease. For three years she had bloating, loose stools and tiredness; four months ago she removed gluten from…
Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 34-year-old woman describes 18 months of intermittent difficulty swallowing. From the beginning both liquids and solids have been affected, and it is worse wh…
Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · common
A 71-year-old man with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presents with three days of increasing breathlessness and green sputum. On arrival he is dro…
Respiratory · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 58-year-old man was started on oral amoxicillin five days ago for right lower lobe pneumonia. He returns because his fevers have continued and he is more brea…
Respiratory · Pre-internship · middle twist