Results for “urinary retention”

An 81-year-old man is admitted with a fractured neck of femur and becomes inattentive and disorganised over 24 hours. His level of alertness fluctuates, but he…

Geriatrics and Palliative Care · Clinical rotations · common

A 34-year-old woman with schizoaffective disorder becomes restless, sweaty and confused six hours after venlafaxine was increased and tramadol was prescribed fo…

Emergency and Toxicology · Mechanisms of disease · common

A 34-year-old woman taking sertraline 100 mg daily for depression presents with two hours of agitation and profuse sweating. Two days earlier her general practi…

Emergency and Toxicology · Clinical rotations · common

A 76-year-old woman taking perindopril for hypertension and regular ibuprofen for knee osteoarthritis presents after three days of vomiting and watery diarrhoea…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · common

A 67-year-old woman develops oliguria and a creatinine rise from 84 to 310 micromol/L after several days of septic shock. Urinalysis shows 2+ blood but no signi…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · common

A 68-year-old man presents with fever, rigors, dysuria and perineal pain. He has been unable to pass urine for 10 hours, and examination shows a markedly tender…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · common

A 91-year-old man with moderate dementia is admitted after a fall and has developed new agitation overnight. He is afebrile, oxygen saturation is 96% on room ai…

Geriatrics and Palliative Care · Clinical rotations · common

An 84-year-old inpatient becomes agitated and inattentive over 12 hours. He repeatedly tries to pass urine, reports lower abdominal discomfort and has a palpabl…

Geriatrics and Palliative Care · Clinical rotations · common

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