Gastroenterology and Hepatology
7 free practice questions at the clinical rotations stage shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.
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…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 61-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after fainting and passing a large amount of bright red blood. His blood pressure is now 102/70 mmHg af…
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…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 67-year-old man with a previous midline laparotomy presents with colicky abdominal pain, vomiting and progressive distension. Initially the pain came in waves…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 34-year-old man with established primary sclerosing cholangitis develops worsening pruritus and jaundice over six weeks, with a 5 kg weight loss. His bilirubi…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
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…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 54-year-old man with cirrhosis secondary to chronic hepatitis C presents with two episodes of haematemesis over the past hour. On arrival his blood pressure i…
Clinical rotations · middle twist