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Fever in adults · Fever in returning traveller — malaria exclusion difficulty 2/5

Fatima, a 29-year-old woman, presents to Komfo Anokye ED having returned from a 3-week visit to a rural area of Burkina Faso 10 days ago. She has a 4-day history of daily spiking fevers, headache, and…

Fever in adults · Tetanus differential in febrile patient with rigidity difficulty 2/5

A 22-year-old man is brought to a district hospital A&E with trismus, neck stiffness, and intermittent painful muscle spasms following a deep puncture wound to his foot sustained 10 days ago while far…

Fever in adults · Septic arthritis as fever source difficulty 2/5

Esi, a 26-year-old woman, presents to the Korle Bu emergency centre with a 5-day history of fever and a painful, swollen right knee. She has no cough, urinary symptoms, or headache. On examination, te…

Fever in adults · Uncomplicated malaria — oral ACT first-line difficulty 2/5

Kwame, a 34-year-old farmer, presents to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo with a 3-day history of high fever, rigors, and headache. He has been working in a rice field. On examination, temperature i…

Fever in adults · Urinary tract infection as fever source - pyelonephritis difficulty 2/5

Ama, a 22-year-old student, presents to the district hospital A&E in the Upper East Region with a 2-day history of fever, dysuria, and frequency. She has lower abdominal pain and right loin tenderness…

Fever in children · WHO IMCI danger signs — hypoxia in severe pneumonia difficulty 2/5

A 3-year-old girl, Ama, is seen at a district hospital in Northern Region with a 4-day history of fever and cough. Her mother reports she has not been eating or drinking. On examination, her temperatu…

Fever in children · Febrile convulsion versus cerebral malaria difficulty 2/5

A 2-year-old girl, Abena, is brought to a district hospital A&E in the Volta Region with fever and a generalised convulsion that lasted 3 minutes and stopped spontaneously before arrival. She is now p…

Fever in children · Young infant fever — mechanism of susceptibility difficulty 2/5

A 6-week-old infant, Joseph, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by his parents with a 1-day history of fever (38.4°C), poor feeding, and excessive crying. On examination he appears pale and lethargic. …

Fever in children · Severe malaria — respiratory distress as severity criterion difficulty 2/5

A 4-year-old boy, Yaw, is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre with 2 days of fever and rapid breathing. On examination he is febrile (39.0°C), has nasal flaring, subcostal recessions, and a respi…

Fever in children · Cerebral malaria — correct management sequence difficulty 3/5

A 7-year-old boy, Mensah, is seen at the Komfo Anokye ED with a 5-day history of fever and headache. His mother reports he had a convulsion at home. On examination, he is unresponsive to voice, has a …

Fever in children · WHO IMCI general danger signs — inability to feed difficulty 2/5

A 9-month-old girl, Akosua, is brought to the A&E of a regional hospital in Eastern Region with a 2-day history of fever and poor feeding. Her mother is very anxious. On examination, the infant is dro…

Gastrointestinal bleeding · Upper vs lower GIB distinction - haematochezia difficulty 1/5

Mensah, a 50-year-old man, presents to a regional hospital A&E with fresh bright red blood per rectum for the past two hours. He denies any vomiting or epigastric pain. He has a history of constipatio…

Gastrointestinal bleeding · Glasgow-Blatchford score for risk stratification difficulty 2/5

Fatima, a 48-year-old woman with a known history of peptic ulcer disease, presents to a regional hospital A&E with a single episode of haematemesis. She is haemodynamically stable with a blood pressur…

Gastrointestinal bleeding · NGT decompression and diagnostic role difficulty 3/5

A 55-year-old man presents to the Korle Bu emergency centre with haematemesis and is resuscitated. His haemoglobin is 8.4 g/dL, urea 14.2 mmol/L, and BP 118/76 mmHg after resuscitation. The medical re…

Gastrointestinal bleeding · Mallory-Weiss tear - classical recognition difficulty 2/5

Kofi, a 32-year-old man, presents to a district hospital in Ashanti Region after an episode of vomiting bright red blood following a night of heavy alcohol consumption and repeated forceful vomiting. …

Gastrointestinal bleeding · Upper vs lower GI source — clinical clues difficulty 1/5

A 68-year-old man, Kofi, is brought to the regional hospital A&E with fresh red blood per rectum for 6 hours. He has no abdominal pain, no haematemesis, and no known liver disease. Observations: BP 13…

Gastrointestinal bleeding · Upper vs lower GIB distinction — haematochezia difficulty 2/5

A 55-year-old man, Yaw, presents to the district hospital A&E in the Upper East Region with passage of large amounts of bright red blood per rectum for the past 3 hours. He has no abdominal pain, no v…

Gastrointestinal bleeding · Oesophagitis as a cause of upper GIB difficulty 2/5

A 34-year-old woman, Ama, presents to Korle Bu emergency centre with a 2-week history of heartburn, odynophagia, and occasional small amounts of blood-streaked vomit. She is HIV-positive and not curre…

Gastrointestinal bleeding · Endoscopy timing in upper GI bleeding difficulty 3/5

A 49-year-old woman, Akosua, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with haematemesis and is resuscitated. She is now haemodynamically stable with BP 118/78 mmHg. Her Glasgow-Blatchford Score is 9. The gastr…

Gastrointestinal bleeding · Upper vs lower GI source — clinical and biochemical clues difficulty 2/5

A 38-year-old woman, Afia, presents to the district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo with a 2-day history of passing black, tarry stools. She has no haematemesis. Observations: BP 112/74 mmHg, HR 96 bpm, R…

Gastrointestinal bleeding · Mallory-Weiss tear classical presentation difficulty 2/5

A 29-year-old man, Kofi, presents to Komfo Anokye ED after several episodes of vomiting. He reports that the first few episodes contained only food, but the last two contained fresh blood. He had been…

Genitourinary emergencies · Uncomplicated UTI - antibiotic selection difficulty 2/5

Esi, a 19-year-old female university student, attends the regional hospital A&E in Volta Region with a 1-day history of dysuria, urinary frequency, and mild suprapubic discomfort. She is afebrile, sex…

Genitourinary emergencies · Incarcerated inguinal hernia - immediate management difficulty 2/5

A 45-year-old man, Kwabena, presents to a district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo with a four-hour history of right groin pain and a tender, irreducible lump in the right groin extending into the scrotum…

Genitourinary emergencies · Testicular torsion - mechanism difficulty 3/5

Kwabena, a 14-year-old boy, is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre with sudden onset left scrotal pain that started 2 hours ago during football training. He is nauseated and the pain is rated 9/1…

Genitourinary emergencies · Epididymo-orchitis - classical presentation difficulty 2/5

A 28-year-old man, Yaw, presents to a regional hospital A&E in the Volta Region with a three-day history of gradually worsening left scrotal pain and swelling. He reports dysuria and a urethral discha…

Genitourinary emergencies · Epididymo-orchitis - classical presentation difficulty 2/5

Yaw, a 28-year-old man, attends the district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo with a 3-day history of gradually worsening right scrotal pain and swelling. He reports dysuria and a urethral discharge for th…

Genitourinary emergencies · Complicated UTI - pregnancy difficulty 2/5

Adwoa, a 28-year-old pregnant woman (16 weeks gestation), is seen at the district hospital A&E in Northern Region with a 2-day history of dysuria and urinary frequency. She is afebrile with no flank p…

Genitourinary emergencies · Ascending UTI mechanism - lower to upper tract difficulty 2/5

Adwoa, a 35-year-old woman, presents to a district hospital A&E in the Volta Region with a 4-day history of dysuria and frequency that has not improved despite 2 days of self-prescribed oral trimethop…

Genitourinary emergencies · Ureteric calculus - classical presentation difficulty 1/5

Kofi, a 45-year-old man, presents to Korle Bu emergency centre with sudden-onset severe left loin pain radiating to the left groin, associated with nausea and restlessness. He is afebrile and normoten…

Genitourinary emergencies · Incarcerated hernia - immediate management difficulty 2/5

Akua, a 45-year-old woman, presents to the regional hospital A&E in Tamale with a 12-hour history of right groin pain and a tender lump at the right groin that appeared suddenly. She has vomited three…