A 3 month old girl is brought to your emergency department after three days of diarrhoea and vomiting. She appears very unwell and lethargic, with sunken eyes, a sunken fontanelle and dry mucous membranes
A Lesson in History
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A man, originally from Somalia, is jaundiced and has abnormal LFTs. Can you work out the cause?
Investigation Quiz 021
September 29, 2010 By
A 29 year old woman who is 30 weeks pregnant presents to the emergency department with a two day history of nausea and RUQ discomfort.
Paediatric Quiz 018
September 29, 2010 By
An 8 year old girl is brought to your emergency department with a 3 week history of general malaise. On the morning of presentation, she was found by her mother to be very lethargic and difficult to rouse.
Die Like a King
September 24, 2010 By 5 Comments
An unusual presentation of Aortic dissection, followed by a review of the current state of play with this disease in the Emergency Department
Splat! A vomiting infant
August 2, 2010 By 1 Comment
An infant is brought in by his concerned parents. Splat! Vomiting is the presenting complaint. Can you work out what’s going on and help this sick baby?
Investigation Quiz 019
August 1, 2010 By
A 45 year old man with type 1 diabetes mellitus conscious state is brought in by ambulance with an altered conscious state. Describe and interpret his investigations
Investigation Quiz 020
August 1, 2010 By
A 45 year old woman with a past history of depression presents to your emergency department with 2 weeks of nausea, weakness and lethargy. There has been no vomiting or diarrhoea.
An Obstetric Bleeder
July 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A 32 year-old woman is referred to the ICU post caesarean section. She had an uneventful elective caesarian section 10 hours previously. She has been referred because in the last 2 hours she has developed vaginal bleeding and oozing from her epidural site.
Does fat float on blood?
June 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Your first patient of the drizzly Thursday night shift is Matthew, a man in his 30s, lying on his side on a trolley. He winces as he rolls onto his back to face you, waving aside your apology for his 3hr 47min wait; he’s in obvious discomfort and very happy to see you.
