Dr. Afia Mensah, a 26-year-old intern doctor at a district hospital in the Volta Region, presents to the emergency room at 22:00 after sustaining a needlestick injury 45 minutes ago. She was performin…
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Abena, a 27-year-old female nurse, presents to the Korle Bu Emergency Centre 4 hours after a splash of blood from an HIV-positive patient's arterial line landed in her left eye during a procedure. She…
Kofi, a 28-year-old man with HbSS disease, presents to the regional hospital ED in Kumasi. He has had generalised fatigue and progressive pallor for one week, preceded by mild upper respiratory sympto…
Yaa, a 17-year-old girl with HbSS disease, is brought to a regional hospital ED in the Volta Region with bilateral leg pain that she rates 8/10. She has been admitted four times in the past year for s…
Akosua, a 14-year-old girl with known sickle cell disease (HbSS), is brought to the paediatric emergency bay at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital by her mother. She has had diffuse bone pain for two days…
Akosua, a 28-year-old woman with sickle cell disease, is receiving her third unit of packed red blood cells at the Komfo Anokye ED for a painful vaso-occlusive crisis complicated by haemoglobin of 4.8…
Yaw, a 52-year-old man with known chronic hepatitis B, is admitted to the Korle Bu Emergency Centre with a 4-day history of confusion, jaundice, and decreased urine output. He is not on any treatment.…
Akosua, a 28-year-old woman, is brought to the Korle Bu Emergency Centre by her husband after three days of progressive jaundice, vomiting, and confusion. She took 'a lot of paracetamol tablets' appro…
Kofi, a 44-year-old man who received a renal transplant 8 months ago at Korle Bu, presents to the emergency centre with a 3-week history of progressive headache, low-grade fever, and mild confusion. H…
A 28-year-old woman, Afia, presents to a regional hospital ED in the Volta Region with a 4-day history of sudden-onset fever, severe headache, myalgia, and lower back pain. She is a farmer who has not…
A 38-year-old man, Kofi, is seen at the Komfo Anokye ED after being referred from a peripheral facility. He was diagnosed with pulmonary TB 3 weeks ago and commenced on the Ghana NTP standard first-li…
Abena, a 45-year-old market trader, is brought to a regional hospital ED in the Ashanti Region after being found at home with generalised rigidity and repeated painful whole-body spasms. Her family re…
A 45-year-old man, Mohammed, presents to the emergency department of a regional hospital in the Northern Region with a 3-month history of cough productive of blood-stained sputum, night sweats, and 10…
Mohammed, a 55-year-old immunocompromised man on long-term prednisolone 20 mg/day for pemphigus vulgaris, presents to the Tamale Teaching Hospital ED requesting a yellow fever vaccine certificate for …
Ama, a 28-year-old woman, is admitted to Komfo Anokye ED two weeks postpartum following a traditional home delivery by a TBA (traditional birth attendant). She presents with generalised rigidity, opis…
A 22-year-old student, Yaw, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED after stepping on a rusty nail at a construction site 3 hours ago. The wound is a 1.5 cm puncture to the plantar surface of his right foot, …
A 45-year-old man, Kwame, is referred from a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo to Komfo Anokye ED on day 6 of illness. He initially had fever and recovered briefly, but now presents with recurrence of …
Ama, a 19-year-old nursing student, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with a 2-week history of high fever, non-productive cough, and shortness of breath. She has no significant past medical history. Tem…
A 72-year-old man, Mensah, is brought to the Korle Bu Emergency Centre by his family after five days of dysuria, confusion, and reduced oral intake. He has a background of type 2 diabetes managed with…
Mohammed, a 19-year-old student, is admitted to the Tamale Teaching Hospital ED with generalised tetanus following a compound fracture sustained in a road traffic collision five days ago. He is receiv…
Akosua, a 52-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes, presents to the regional hospital ED in Kumasi with a 3-day history of worsening left lower limb pain and swelling. She reports the onset following a …
Mohammed is a 45-year-old school teacher admitted to a regional hospital ED in the Upper East Region with a confirmed case of cholera (stool culture positive for Vibrio cholerae O1, El Tor biotype). H…
A 76-year-old woman, Akua, is brought to a regional hospital A&E in the Ashanti Region by her family after three days of increasing confusion, reduced oral intake, and urinary incontinence — symptoms …
Akua, a 34-year-old woman, presents to a regional hospital A&E in the Ashanti region having been referred from a district facility. She underwent splenectomy five years ago following a road traffic co…
A 62-year-old man is referred from a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo to Komfo Anokye ED with a 10-day history of progressive headache, low-grade fever, and focal right arm weakness. He had dental ext…
A 34-year-old farmer, Kwame, is brought to the district hospital in Brong-Ahafo by his family three days after sustaining a deep puncture wound to his right foot from a rusty nail. He has had progress…
A 52-year-old man is referred from a district hospital in the Ashanti Region to Komfo Anokye ED with a 6-week history of headache, low-grade fever, night sweats, and 5 kg weight loss. He has a history…
A 32-year-old man, Yaw, with known HIV infection (not on antiretroviral therapy) presents to Komfo Anokye ED with a 2-week history of progressive dyspnoea, dry cough, and weight loss. Today he develop…
A 58-year-old man is brought to the medical outpatient clinic at a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo by his family after two days of productive cough and fever. He has no known chronic illness. On exam…
A 44-year-old man, Mohammed, presents to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo Region with a 3-day history of right lower limb swelling, redness, and fever. He has no significant past medical history. Vi…