Mr Darko, a 27-year-old previously well man, has had burning pain over the right lower chest for 3 days and now has the rash shown in a band on one side of his trunk. He has no other complaints.
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Kwame, a 9-year-old boy, is brought to the emergency department of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital by his mother. He has had fever for three days and has been unconscious since this morning. On examina…
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Kofi, a 58-year-old farmer from the Ashanti Region, presents to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with a 3-week history of productive cough, drenching night sweats, and a 6 kg weight loss. He has no …
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A 42-year-old farmer, Yaw, is brought from a district hospital in the Northern Region to Tamale Teaching Hospital after sustaining 35% total body surface area (TBSA) mixed partial- and full-thickness …
A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the Komfo Anokye emergency theatre following a road traffic accident on the Kumasi–Accra highway. He sustained blunt abdominal trauma and a closed femoral fract…
A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the emergency department at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital by relatives after sustaining a road traffic injury on the Kumasi–Accra highway. He was a front-seat …
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A 28-year-old male farmer, Kwame, is brought to the Komfo Anokye emergency theatre following a road traffic accident on the Kumasi–Accra highway. He sustained blunt abdominal trauma and an open femora…
A 55-year-old man, Mensah, undergoes an elective open right hemicolectomy for a T3N1M0 caecal adenocarcinoma at the Korle Bu surgical unit. He has no significant comorbidities. On post-operative day 1…
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A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the Komfo Anokye emergency theatre following a road traffic accident on the Kumasi–Accra highway. He sustained blunt abdominal trauma and a closed femoral shaft…
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