Results for “coeliac disease”

A 14-year-old boy is worried that he is the shortest in his class and has no signs of puberty. His height is on the 3rd centile and his weight on the 10th; his…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 29-year-old woman asks whether she has coeliac disease. For three years she had bloating, loose stools and tiredness; four months ago she removed gluten from…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 7-year-old boy has had atopic dermatitis since infancy. Over two years his height has fallen from the 50th to the 10th centile, with weight falling in paralle…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 16-month-old girl who arrived in Australia from overseas six months ago is brought to a general practice because she is not gaining weight. Her weight has fal…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 2-year-old boy whose parents were born in Vietnam has a blood test before starting childcare. He drinks about 700 mL of cow milk a day and refuses meat. He is…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 7-year-old boy is brought in by his mother, who has biopsy-proven coeliac disease, as does his older sister. He is well, on the 50th centile for height and we…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · niche

A 14-year-old girl who has had type 1 diabetes since she was eight is reviewed in the paediatric diabetes clinic. Her glycated haemoglobin has risen over twelve…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common

A 7-month-old girl is referred to a paediatric clinic with slow weight gain. Her weight has fallen from the 50th to the 9th centile over three months while her…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 5-month-old boy is brought to a regional general practice because he "is not filling out". Born at term weighing 3.4 kg, he tracked along the 50th centile unt…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 20-month-old boy of Greek-Australian parents is investigated for pallor and irritability. He drinks about 1.2 litres of full-cream milk a day from a bottle, i…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 9-year-old girl has had five months of intermittent central abdominal pain, worst on school mornings. Her parents separated six months ago and she has missed…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 7-year-old girl is brought because her school photograph shows her much shorter than her friends. At 4 years of age her height and weight were both on the 50t…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 14-year-old boy is brought by his mother because he is the shortest in his class and is being teased. His height has followed a line just below the 3rd percen…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 14-year-old girl attends your general practice with her mother for the fourth time this year with abdominal pain. She has lost 4 kg, stopped playing netball,…

Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · common

A 62-year-old man has had 4 months of worsening constipation with cramping pain that comes in waves and eases after a few minutes; he cannot point to one spot w…

Anatomy · Foundations · middle twist

A 69-year-old man has had three episodes of melaena over two months and requires repeated iron infusions. He takes no non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · common

A 68-year-old man presents with three months of increasing tiredness and breathlessness climbing stairs. He eats a mixed diet, takes no regular medications, and…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · common

A 28-year-old woman presents with eight months of crampy lower abdominal pain that eases after opening her bowels, together with bloating and a bowel habit alte…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · common