Results for “anticoagulation”

A 74-year-old woman presents with severe pain in her left leg that began abruptly two hours ago while she was sitting watching television. She walks to the shop…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common

A 76-year-old woman taking warfarin for atrial fibrillation attends for a routine INR check, which returns at 11.0 (target 2.0–3.0). She recently completed a co…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 72-year-old man presents three days after an episode of weakness of his left arm and leg with slurred speech, which resolved completely within 20 minutes. He…

Neurology · Clinical rotations · common

A 76-year-old woman with atrial fibrillation, whose apixaban was stopped three weeks ago after a fall, presents with four hours of severe constant central abdom…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common

A 74-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer presents with sudden dyspnoea and pleuritic chest pain. CT pulmonary angiography confirms bilateral pulmonary…

Emergency and Toxicology · Clinical rotations · common

A 54-year-old woman has a symptomatic isolated posterior calf-vein thrombosis found on ultrasound. She has no cancer, previous venous thromboembolism, marked sw…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 31-year-old woman at 10 weeks of pregnancy develops unilateral calf swelling and pleuritic discomfort. Ultrasound confirms a proximal femoral deep-vein thromb…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · common

A 68-year-old man presents to his general practitioner for a routine review of his medications. He has a history of osteoarthritis, for which he takes naproxen…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · middle twist