Metabolic, drug and environmental
2 cases filed under metabolic, drug and environmental. Each opens on a tracing, asks what is on it, and ends with the reading worked through.
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Weakness and palpitations after rapid weight loss for a boxing weigh-in
He has lost 7 kg in twelve days by restricting food and fluids, inducing vomiting and using stimulant laxatives. He takes no prescribed medication and has no known cardiac…
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Weakness and vomiting for three days
Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, on ramipril, spironolactone, bisoprolol and furosemide. Type 2 diabetes on metformin. Has been vomiting and passing loose stool since…
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