A 57-Year-Old Man with Difficult to Control Diabetes

A 57-Year-Old Man with Difficult to Control Diabetes

You review a 57-year-old man that is currently taking a combination of standard-release metformin, gliclazide and pioglitazone for the management of his type 2 diabetes. His most recent HbA1c was 65 mmol/mol. He is tolerating the drugs well.  He frequently has...
A 67-Year-Old Woman with Anxiety and Confusion

A 67-Year-Old Woman with Anxiety and Confusion

A 67-year-old lady presents anxious, confused and agitated. She has also vomited several times. She has recently been started on a course of amoxicillin for a presumed chest infection by one of your colleagues. You are unable to take a coherent history from her but...
A 66-Year-Old Man with a Pigmented Skin Lesion

A 66-Year-Old Man with a Pigmented Skin Lesion

A 66-year-old Australian man presents with a pigmented lesion on his upper back that has recently increased in size. The lesion has a symmetrical circular shape and the colour of the lesion is uniform. The largest diameter of the lesion is 8 mm. There is no...
A 60-Year-Old Man with Diverticular Disease

A 60-Year-Old Man with Diverticular Disease

A 60-year-old man presents with left-sided lower abdominal pain and minor rectal bleeding. He has a known past history of diverticular disease and following a full clinical assessment you make a diagnosis of acute diverticulitis. He is clinically quite well and has no...
A 25-Year-Old Woman with a Neck Injury

A 25-Year-Old Woman with a Neck Injury

A 25-year-old female patient is being assessed for a possible cervical spine injury following blunt trauma. Her C-spine X-ray series is inadequate and a decision is made to organise a CT scan of her cervical spine. Under what circumstances should CT scanning be used...