ABSTRACT

A 32-year-old Caucasian lady was admitted to hospital following a collapse at the gym. Her friends described the patient falling to the floor while exercising on the rowing machine, followed by twitching of her arms and legs and a period of being unrousable. You are the medic on duty...100 Cases in Acute Medicine presents 100 acute conditions commo

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Case 1 Shortness of breath and a cough

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Case 3 Diarrhoea following antibiotics

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Case 6 Worsening delirium

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Case 7 Deliberate self-harm

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Case 8 Lymphadenopathy and malaise

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Case 9 The ill returning traveller

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Case 10 Delirium and urinary symptoms

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Case 11 Headache in pregnancy

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Case 12 Epigastric pain and vomiting

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Case 13 Severe pain in the legs

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Case 15 Shortness of breath

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Case 16 Recurrent abdominal pain

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Case 18 Bloody diarrhoea

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Case 19 Drowsiness and headaches

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Case 20 Progressive lower limb weakness

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Case 21 Seizure and agitation

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Case 22 Substance misuse

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Case 23 Unilateral leg swelling

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Case 24 Vomiting caused by norovirus

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Case 25 Fever and sore throat

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Case 26 Blurred vision

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Case 28 Palpitations and collapse

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Case 29 Ecchymosis

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Case 30 Petechiae and limb weakness

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Case 32 Dysphagia and shallow breathing

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Case 33 Blisters and itchy skin

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Case 35 Swelling of lower limbs

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Case 37 Knee swelling and pain

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Case 38 Bleeding per rectum

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Case 40 Sharp central chest pain

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Case 41 Fever in a returned traveller

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Case 42 Red eyes and sight impairment

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Case 43 Rash and flu-like symptoms

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Case 44 Substance abuse and agitation

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Case 45 Generalized rash and malaise

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Case 46 Pruritic rash and alopecia

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Case 47 Defective vision and eye pain

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Case 49 Painful shoulder and malaise

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Case 50 Facial rash

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Case 51 A woman ‘off her legs’

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Case 52 Acute confusion

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Case 53 Memory loss and unsteadiness

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Case 54 Postoperative hypotension

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Case 55 Drowsiness bordering on coma

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Case 56 Anxiety with Graves’ disease

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Case 57 Episodic anxiety and headache

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Case 59 A fatigued college girl

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Case 60 Haematuria and flank pain

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Case 61 Bradycardia and malaise

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Case 62 Bleeding gums and nose

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Case 65 Wheeze and productive cough

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Case 66 Wheeze and shortness of breath

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Case 67 Coffee-ground vomiting

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Case 69 Respiratory distress and oedema

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Case 70 Loss of pain sensation

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Case 72 Confusion following a fall

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Case 73 Apparent adverse drug reaction

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Case 74 Constipation with confusion

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Case 75 Chest pain after exertion

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Case 77 Right-sided chest pain

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Case 81 Suspected opiate overdose

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Case 83 Exacerbation of COPD

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Case 84 Epistaxis and haemoptysis

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Case 86 Jaundice and pruritis

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Case 89 Deteriorating renal function

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Case 91 Blurred vision with headache

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Case 92 Severe abdominal pain and fever

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Case 95 Target-like rash and fever

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Case 97 Seizure

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Case 98 Back pain and weight loss