Essay question 1: Diabetes and renal failure Meera Gupta is a 78 year old lady who lives at home with her husband. Before her acute admission to hospital with a myocardial infarction (MI) Meera had experienced a decline in her mobility and had noticed she was slightly more breathless than usual, resulting in a decline […]
Harry Ware is a 45-year-old gentleman who has recently visited his General Practitioner (GP) complaining of a ‘chest infection’. He was admitted immediately to your ward where he was diagnosed as suffering from acute bronchopneumonia. On admission, he had a productive cough and complained of general pain in his chest when breathing deeply, felt lethargic […]
A 12-year-old girl is brought to the Emergency Room (ER) by her mother with complaints of shortness of breath, wheezing, tachypnea, tachycardia, and a non-productive cough. The mother states they had just come from a fall festival where the entire family enjoyed a hayride. The symptoms began shortly after they left the festival but got […]
