Results for “venous insufficiency”

A woman arrives at a remote clinic in labour, having had no antenatal care and no dating ultrasound. She gives birth to a girl weighing 1980 g who cries at birt…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · common

A 46-year-old woman is admitted with two days of vomiting and lightheadedness. Her regular tablets are alendronate, esomeprazole and prednisolone, all of which…

Acute Care · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 19-day-old boy has vomited after most feeds for the past week. He is 9 per cent below his birth weight, lethargic, with dry mucous membranes and cool peripher…

Physiology · Foundations · middle twist

A 58-year-old man with primary adrenal insufficiency is scheduled for multiple dental extractions under general anaesthesia. He takes hydrocortisone 20 mg in th…

Endocrine and Metabolic · Clinical rotations · common

A 46-year-old woman taking prednisolone 7.5 mg each morning for polymyalgia rheumatica requires extraction of one mobile premolar. She is otherwise well, has ta…

Endocrine and Metabolic · Clinical rotations · middle twist