Results for “critical illness”

A 14-year-old girl is brought by her mother because her marks have dropped over three months, she has quit netball, and she is irritable and withdrawn. Her pare…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 24-year-old man has recovered from his first episode of schizophrenia and has been well on aripiprazole for four months. He has moved back in with his parents…

Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 62-year-old woman brought to the emergency department after a fall at home tells the registrar that her recent illness was sent by an ancestor spirit, and tha…

Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 58-year-old man was admitted 36 hours ago with severe acute pancreatitis and has been given 7 litres of sodium chloride 0.9%. He is alert and normotensive, is…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

In late July a 34-year-old man attends with both his housemates. All three have had headache, nausea and poor concentration that build up through each evening a…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 59-year-old man develops rapidly worsening breathlessness five days after an influenza-like illness. He has a temperature of 39.8°C, respiratory rate of 38/mi…

Respiratory · Clinical rotations · middle twist