A 29 year old man presents with 2 days of dark urine, fevers and yellow eyes. He has mild RUQ tenderness. His oxygen sats are 80% RA with a normal BP and PR
Arterial gas/bloods on RA: Continue reading
A 29 year old man presents with 2 days of dark urine, fevers and yellow eyes. He has mild RUQ tenderness. His oxygen sats are 80% RA with a normal BP and PR
Arterial gas/bloods on RA: Continue reading
A 70 year old man presents to your ED with fevers and confusion. His vital signs are:
BP 100/60, PR 100/min, T 38.5, RR 24/min
His UA shows leucocytes and nitrites
His blood tests show: Continue reading
A 55 year old female presents to your ED with backache and fever.
Her vital signs: BP 90/60, PR 110/min, RR 30/min Continue reading
A patient with abdominal pain and fevers Continue reading
A 17 year old is brought to your ED by ambulance complaining of feeling unwell with fevers cough and generalised body aches.
Vitals;
BP 100/60
PR 110/min
T 39
His blood test show:
A 20 year old man presents with a sore throat and fever. He has swollen lymph nodes in his neck.
Hi blood results show: Continue reading
A 77 year old man presents with confusion, shortness of breath and fever. He recently returned from Bali.
BP 145/91
HR 95/min
Temp 38.9
Sats 98RA
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An 82 year old female is brought to your ED by ambulance which was called when the patients daughter noted that she was confused and hot.
The patient complains of abdominal pain and nausea.
Vitals:
BP 90/60
PR 110/min
T 38 degrees celcius
Blood results: Continue reading
1.Describe the abnormalities
severe sepsis in returning traveller- hypotension, tachycardia, fever
Aneamia, thrombocytopaenia, normal white cell count with high lymphocytes in setting of sepsis (decrease in two cell lines)
Mild hyponatraemia, moderate pre renal failure ( Urea increase >> Creatinine)
Moderate reduction in HCO3 – acidaemia, unwell patient Continue reading