Results for “tachycardia”
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A 15-month-old boy presents with two days of vomiting and frequent watery stools. He is alert but subdued, with dry lips, mildly sunken eyes, heart rate 148/min…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist
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 19-year-old man is brought to a rural general practice, 45 minutes from the nearest hospital, with six hours of fever, vomiting and severe pain in his legs. H…
Emergency and Toxicology · Pre-internship · common
A 68-year-old man presents with 30 minutes of rapid palpitations and light-headedness. Three years ago he had a heart attack treated with a coronary artery sten…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common
A 28-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with two days of right-sided chest pain that is worse on deep inspiration. She takes a combined oral co…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common
A 47-year-old man with chronic kidney disease presents with palpitations and proximal muscle weakness. Serum potassium is 6.8 mmol/L, the sample is non-haemolys…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 35-year-old man reports drinking approximately 6 L of water daily because of anxiety about dehydration. He is alert, euvolaemic and not taking diuretics or an…
Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · 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
A 52-year-old man presents to the emergency department with sudden onset of vomiting blood and lightheadedness. He reports passing black stools over the past fe…
Year 4 · Clinical rotations · common
A 76-year-old man presents to the emergency department with a 6-hour history of passing large volumes of bright red blood per rectum. He feels lightheaded and f…
Year 4 · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 68-year-old man presents to the emergency department with a 24-hour history of worsening abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. He has a history of open sigmoi…
Year 4 · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 45-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus presents with a painful, rapidly expanding area of redness on her thigh. She has a fever of 39°C (102.2°F) and hypote…
Year 1 · Mechanisms of disease · middle twist