An 82-year-old nursing home resident is brought into the ED with abdominal distension and a 2 day history of constipation.
An 82-year-old nursing home resident is brought into the ED with abdominal distension and a 2 day history of constipation.
25 questions. 25 minutes. Test yourself against your colleagues!
A frail elderly female is brought to the emergency department following two episodes of “coffee-ground vomit”.
Chest and abdominal x-rays are commonly requested in the emergency department.
Intestinal obstruction is an important cause of the acute abdomen, accounting for up to 5% of emergency admissions to surgical services.
It’s your second day on the ‘shop floor’ and your next patient is handed over as a 51 year old man who has been brought in by ambulance with sudden onset generalised abdominal pain and vomiting