An 84 year old man is brought to the emergency department by his family. His wife notes that his behaviour has been increasingly aggressive over a period of two weeks. She no longer feels able to cope with him at home. He has a history of moderately severe dementia, prostatic carcinoma, ischaemic heart disease and aortic valve replacement.
Question
| a. | Outline your assessment of this patient. | (70%) | |
| b. | Outline your management of this patient. | (30%) |
Answer
FACEM VAQ Exam 2003.1 – Question 7
- The overall pass rate for this question was 66 / 83 (79.5%)
- No comments were available from the examiners.
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