A 42-year-old woman with hypertension
Problem 6 A 42-year-old woman with hypertension Lucia Gagliardi You are a medical resident in a major teaching hospital. A 42-year-old woman is referred to your outpatient clinic for assessment…
Breathlessness in a young woman
Problem 28 Breathlessness in a young woman David Platts A 28-year-old woman presented to the emergency department following and 3-day history of a dry cough, ankle swelling and progressively worsening…
The routine check-up
Problem 21 The routine check-up Jimmy Lam A 65-old-man presents for a routine prostate check. He is otherwise healthy and takes no regular medication. There is no family history of…
Postoperative fever
Problem 2 Postoperative fever Wendy A. Brown A 25-year-old woman presents back to the emergency department 10 days following an open appendicectomy for perforated appendicitis. She was discharged 5 days…
A young woman with abnormal vaginal bleeding
Problem 7 A young woman with abnormal vaginal bleeding Roger J. Pepperell A 32-year-old woman attends a general practice because she has had some irregular vaginal bleeding for the last…
Difficulties with postoperative fluid balance in a 58-year-old man
Problem 1 Difficulties with postoperative fluid balance in a 58-year-old man Richard J. Krysztopik A 58-year-old man is seen in the emergency department with abdominal pain and vomiting. He has…
Confusion in the postoperative ward
Problem 4 Confusion in the postoperative ward Toby T. Winton-Brown You are the resident on call covering the night shift and finally about to get some sleep when a concerned…
Assessing the health of populations: epidemiology in public health
Figure 10.1 Natural history of disease and levels of prevention (adapted from Gertsman, 2013, Figure 2.1, p. 37) Traditionally, epidemiology was mainly concerned with epidemics of communicable disease. Nowadays contemporary epidemiology…
Health of migrants and refugees
Figure 17.1 Framework for analysis of the social determinants of migrant health (adapted from Commission on the Social Determinants of Health, 2007) Contemporary migration flows Contemporary migration includes permanent, temporary,…
Behavioural, nutritional and environmental determinants and public health
Figure 6.1 A conceptual framework for determinants of health (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2014) Behavioural determinants include a range of behaviours that may directly cause disease, such as…
