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A 5-year-old girl weighing 20 kg is admitted with right lower lobe pneumonia. She is febrile at 38.9 degrees Celsius, saturating 93% on 2 litres per minute of o…

Acute Care · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 24-year-old man is brought in after his motorcycle struck a fence post. He opens his eyes to pain, makes incomprehensible sounds and localises with his right…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

An 82-year-old woman in a residential aged care facility has had watery diarrhoea and intermittent vomiting for two days. She is alert and oriented, her mucous…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 71-year-old man noticed slurred speech 90 minutes ago while watching television and his wife drove him straight in. He speaks with a mild slur that is fully i…

Acute Care · Pre-internship · niche

A 58-year-old man has had constant central chest heaviness for 70 minutes, radiating to his left arm, with sweating and nausea. The pain is unchanged by posture…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

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

A 79-year-old man living in Western Australia has recently been diagnosed with a terminal lung disease. He lives alone, receives the age pension, and holds a va…

Year 1 · Foundations · middle twist

In a study of community-dwelling individuals, researchers observe varying prevalence rates of asymptomatic bacteriuria.In which of the following populations is…

Year 1 · Foundations · common

A 70-year-old man presents with dysuria, a slow urinary stream, and a feeling of incomplete emptying. Urinalysis shows leukocytes and nitrites. He is afebrile a…

Year 1 · Mechanisms of disease · common

A 21-year-old woman presents to the GP with urinary urgency, suprapubic discomfort, and dysuria. This is her third similar episode in the past year. She does no…

Year 1 · Mechanisms of disease · middle twist

A 36-year-old man presents with 2 days of fever, nausea, abdominal cramps, and watery diarrhoea after returning from a trip to Bali. He ate street food and dran…

Year 1 · Foundations · middle twist

A 54-year-old man with no family history of prostate cancer attends his GP for a routine check-up. He is asymptomatic and has no significant past medical histor…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 58-year-old man with no symptoms attends your clinic for a general health check. He is concerned because his uncle and cousin both died of pancreatic cancer.…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 60-year-old man with a history of chronic diarrhea presents with muscle weakness and lethargy. Laboratory tests show: potassium 3.1 mmol/L (3.5-5.0 mmol/L), b…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 50-year-old man presents to the emergency department with confusion, rapid breathing, and general weakness. He has a history of chronic kidney disease. On exa…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · common

A 2-year-old girl is brought to the emergency department after falling off a bunk bed at home. She was playing unsupervised in her older sibling’s room. She hit…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · common

A 3-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department after falling from a low-height chair at home. He has swelling and tenderness over his left forearm. X-r…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · common

A 72-year-old woman with a BMI of 30 presents with a tender right groin lump that has become irreducible over the past 6 hours. She reports mild nausea but no v…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · niche

A 64-year-old man presents with a right-sided groin bulge that becomes more prominent on coughing. He reports no pain and has no difficulty with daily activitie…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 62-year-old man presents with a bulge in his right groin that becomes more prominent when he coughs and reduces spontaneously when lying down. On examination,…

Year 4 · Foundations · middle twist