Results for “haemoglobin”

A 4-year-old boy develops widespread bruising on his shins and trunk and a crop of pinpoint red spots on his legs over three days, two weeks after a cold. He is…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A term boy born by normal vaginal delivery after an uncomplicated pregnancy is noted by the midwife to be visibly jaundiced at 16 hours of age. He is feeding we…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common

A 24-year-old woman with seven weeks of amenorrhoea and a positive home pregnancy test presents with two days of left-sided lower abdominal pain and light vagin…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 54-year-old woman receiving adjuvant docetaxel and cyclophosphamide for breast cancer presents nine days after her second cycle with a temperature of 38.4 °C,…

Haematology and Oncology · Pre-internship · common

A 27-year-old woman of Greek background attends for pre-pregnancy advice. She feels well. A full blood count taken by her previous doctor shows: haemoglobin 108…

Haematology and Oncology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 3-year-old boy is brought to a regional emergency department 30 minutes after being carried out of a house fire. There is soot around his nostrils and on his…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · common

A 15-year-old girl with type 1 diabetes since the age of nine attends the clinic with her father. Her glycated haemoglobin has risen steadily over 12 months. He…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 4-year-old girl has had bruises on her shins and trunk for three weeks. Her mother says she has become pale, tires on the walk to kindergarten and asks to be…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common

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 five-week-old exclusively breastfed boy is brought to the general practitioner because he is still yellow. He was born at term weighing 3.4 kg and now weighs…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

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 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 9-week-old boy has a full blood count taken when an intravenous cannula is inserted before an inguinal hernia repair. He was born at 39 weeks weighing 3300 g,…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 62-year-old man is reviewed in the cardiology clinic eight weeks after an anterior myocardial infarction. He meets criteria for a moderate depressive episode…

Psychiatry · Pre-internship · niche

A 54-year-old man with type 2 diabetes of 14 years attends his general practice for review. His most recent glycated haemoglobin is 9.4% (79 mmol/mol) and his b…

Ophthalmology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 43-year-old woman has had two days of boring pain behind the right eye and, since this morning, double vision. Her right upper lid now covers the pupil and sh…

Ophthalmology · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 78-year-old woman is being discharged after an admission with melaena. She takes apixaban for atrial fibrillation. Gastroscopy showed a bleeding duodenal ulce…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

An 82-year-old woman is admitted overnight with a fractured neck of femur after a fall at home. She has had no chest pain, breathlessness or palpitations. Preop…

Acute Care · Pre-internship · niche

A 34-year-old woman born in Vietnam is investigated for tiredness. Her periods are normal, she eats meat, takes no medicines, and was told she was slightly anae…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · common