Results for “cerebrovascular disease”

An 84-year-old woman is referred for assessment of memory loss. Her daughter says she has become withdrawn at family gatherings and often answers questions inap…

Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 74-year-old man is brought by his wife because for the past year he has described the small children who come into the lounge room most afternoons; he can say…

Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 79-year-old woman with moderate Alzheimer disease in residential care has become resistive over the past week. She shouts and pushes staff away during showeri…

Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 54-year-old restaurateur is brought by her husband with three weeks of elevated mood, sleeping two hours a night and plans to buy a second premises. She has n…

Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 24-year-old woman presents with abrupt pounding in her neck and mild breathlessness that began while she was sitting at work. She is alert, warm and normotens…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 64-year-old woman develops sudden, profound painless loss of vision in her left eye 90 minutes before assessment. The left pupil has a relative afferent pupil…

Eyes, Ears, Nose and Throat · Clinical rotations · common

A 76-year-old man with probable dementia with Lewy bodies has recurrent visual hallucinations that are frightening but not associated with aggression or immedia…

Geriatrics and Palliative Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist