Results for “proteinuria”

A 4-year-old boy has had two weeks of puffiness around his eyes that is worst on waking and improves during the day, and for the past few days his ankles have b…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common

A 31-year-old woman in her first pregnancy presents at 36 weeks with a frontal headache and "flashing lights" for six hours. Her blood pressure was 11…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Pre-internship · common

A 24-year-old man presents with dark brown urine that began the day after the onset of a sore throat. He recalls two similar episodes in the past two years, eac…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · middle twist

An 8-year-old boy is referred to the paediatric clinic after a school nursing screen recorded a blood pressure of 132/84 mmHg, above the 95th centile for his ag…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · common

A 22-year-old woman is admitted with three weeks of rapidly worsening persecutory beliefs and speech that is increasingly hard to follow. In the last week her f…

Psychiatry · Pre-internship · niche

A 4-year-old girl has had puffy eyelids each morning for two weeks and now has swollen legs and a distended abdomen. Her blood pressure is 96/58 mmHg. Urine tes…

Physiology · Foundations · common

A 35-year-old woman at 35 weeks of pregnancy presents with vomiting, malaise and jaundice. She is normotensive, has no proteinuria and has mild right upper quad…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 35-year-old primigravida at 37 weeks’ gestation is found to have blood pressure readings of 148/96 and 146/94 mmHg 4 hours apart. Urine protein is 2+, platele…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 29-year-old man presents after completing an unusually strenuous cross-country event with severe thigh pain and dark urine. His creatinine concentration is 28…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · common

A 31-year-old woman with chronic hypertension was taking labetalol before conception. At 30 weeks, her blood pressure has risen from 132/82 to 154/98 mmHg. A ur…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · common

A 33-year-old woman at 33+5 weeks has a blood pressure of 168/112 mmHg on two occasions despite oral treatment. She has persistent right upper quadrant pain; pl…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 28-year-old primigravida gives birth vaginally at 38 weeks gestation. During labour she was commenced on oral labetalol for blood pressure readings of 160/108…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · common

A 29-year-old woman presents ten days after an uncomplicated vaginal delivery under epidural analgesia with four days of worsening headache, which she says is w…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 23-year-old man presents because his urine has turned dark brown, which he noticed this morning. Two days ago he developed a sore throat and runny nose, which…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · common

A 76-year-old woman taking perindopril for hypertension and regular ibuprofen for knee osteoarthritis presents after three days of vomiting and watery diarrhoea…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · common

A 38-year-old woman has recurrent episodes of visible haematuria, but her renal function is normal and urine protein excretion is minimal. The episodes begin wi…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · common

A 42-year-old man presents with haemoptysis, fatigue and rapidly worsening renal function. Creatinine is 486 micromol/L, urine microscopy shows dysmorphic red c…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 67-year-old woman develops oliguria and a creatinine rise from 84 to 310 micromol/L after several days of septic shock. Urinalysis shows 2+ blood but no signi…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · common

A 29-year-old man presents with facial puffiness, dark urine and ankle swelling. He had an impetigo-like skin infection 18 days ago, and his blood pressure is 1…

Renal, Urology and Electrolytes · Clinical rotations · common

A 72-year-old man is found to have a serum creatinine of 286 micromol/L, compared with 98 micromol/L 3 months earlier. He reports six months of poor urinary str…

Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · common