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Abdominal Trauma - Blunt and Penetrating · Haemodynamically unstable blunt abdominal trauma ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Kwame, a 28-year-old motor vehicle accident victim, is brought by relatives to the Komfo Anokye emergency department after a head-on collision on the Kumasi–Accra highway. He was restrained but sustai…

Abdominal Trauma - Blunt and Penetrating · Haemodynamically unstable blunt abdominal trauma — operative decision-making ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the Komfo Anokye emergency theatre by relatives following a road traffic collision on the Kumasi-Accra highway. He was an unrestrained front-seat passenger in a…

Abdominal Trauma - Blunt and Penetrating · Blunt splenic trauma - non-operative management ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Kofi, a 45-year-old farmer, is referred from a district hospital in the Northern Region to Tamale Teaching Hospital after a road traffic collision involving a motor-king tricycle. He sustained blunt a…

Abdominal Trauma - Blunt and Penetrating · Penetrating abdominal trauma — selective non-operative management of hepatic laceration ★ HY difficulty 4/5

A 22-year-old man, Yaw, is brought to the regional hospital surgical unit in Tamale following a machete assault. He has a single stab wound to the right upper quadrant of the abdomen, approximately 3 …

Abdominal Trauma - Blunt and Penetrating · Penetrating colonic trauma — damage-control surgery ★ HY difficulty 5/5

Yaw, a 22-year-old male, is brought to the emergency surgical unit at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital after sustaining a gunshot wound to the abdomen during an armed robbery in Kumasi. The entry wound …

Abdominal Trauma - Blunt and Penetrating · Blunt splenic trauma — non-operative management decision ★ HY difficulty 4/5

A 34-year-old woman, Ama, is referred from a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo to the regional hospital after a road traffic collision in which she was an unrestrained front-seat passenger. She was hae…

Abdominal Trauma - Blunt and Penetrating · Blunt hollow viscus injury - operative decision ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Kofi, a 45-year-old farmer, is referred from a district hospital in Northern Ghana after a tractor ran over his lower abdomen. He arrives at the regional hospital 4 hours after injury. On examination:…

Abdominal Trauma - Blunt and Penetrating · Gunshot wound to abdomen - operative decision ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 22-year-old man, Yaw, is brought to the emergency surgical unit at a district hospital in the Northern Region after sustaining a gunshot wound to the left flank. He arrived approximately 40 minutes …

Abdominal Trauma - Blunt and Penetrating · Damage-control laparotomy for penetrating bowel injury ★ HY difficulty 4/5

A 19-year-old man, Mohammed, is brought to the emergency department of a district hospital in the Upper East Region after sustaining a gunshot wound to the right iliac fossa. He was shot at close rang…

Abdominal Trauma - Blunt and Penetrating · Penetrating abdominal trauma — haemodynamically unstable ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the Komfo Anokye emergency department by relatives after sustaining a stab wound to the right upper quadrant during a street altercation in Kumasi. He arrived 4…

Abdominal Trauma - Blunt and Penetrating · Penetrating anterior abdominal stab wound ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Ama, a 32-year-old market woman, is brought to the district hospital surgical ward in the Brong-Ahafo region after sustaining a stab wound to the left upper quadrant during a domestic dispute. The wou…

Abdominal Trauma - Blunt and Penetrating · Haemodynamically unstable blunt abdominal trauma ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the resus bay of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital by relatives after a road traffic collision on the Kumasi–Accra highway. He was an unrestrained front-seat passe…

Abdominal Trauma - Blunt and Penetrating · Penetrating hepatic injury — stable patient ★ HY difficulty 4/5

Esi, a 19-year-old female student, is brought to a district hospital surgical ward in the Northern Region after a stab wound to the right upper quadrant of the abdomen sustained during a dispute. She …

Abdominal Trauma - Blunt and Penetrating · Penetrating hepatic injury - non-operative management ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Akua, a 34-year-old market trader, is referred from a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo after sustaining a stab wound to the right upper quadrant of the abdomen during a robbery. She arrived at the dis…

Abdominal Trauma - Blunt and Penetrating · Haemodynamically unstable blunt abdominal trauma - operative decision ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Kwame, a 28-year-old motorbike rider, is brought by relatives to the emergency department of a regional hospital in Ashanti after a high-speed road traffic collision. He is restless and confused. On p…

Abdominal Trauma - Blunt and Penetrating · High-grade splenic injury — operative versus angioembolisation ★ HY difficulty 4/5

Ama, a 22-year-old student, is brought to Korle Bu Teaching Hospital after a road traffic accident in which she was struck by a motorcycle while crossing the road in Accra. She complains of left-sided…

Abdominal Trauma - Blunt and Penetrating · Haemodynamically unstable blunt abdominal trauma - operative decision ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Kwame, a 28-year-old motor-vehicle accident victim, is brought by relatives to the resus bay of a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region. He was an unrestrained front-seat passenger in a head-on coll…

Abdominal Trauma - Blunt and Penetrating · Blunt splenic trauma — operative management ★ HY difficulty 4/5

Kofi, a 34-year-old farmer, is transferred from a district hospital in the Northern Region to Tamale Teaching Hospital after sustaining blunt abdominal trauma when he was kicked by a horse. At the dis…

Abdominal Trauma - Blunt and Penetrating · Selective non-operative management — anterior stab wound ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 34-year-old man, Yaw, is brought to the resus bay of a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region after sustaining a single stab wound to the left upper quadrant during a street altercation. The wound …

Abdominal Trauma - Blunt and Penetrating · Haemodynamically unstable blunt abdominal trauma ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Kwame, a 28-year-old motor-vehicle accident victim, is brought by relatives to the Komfo Anokye emergency department after a high-speed road traffic collision on the Kumasi-Accra highway. He was an un…

Abdominal Trauma - Blunt and Penetrating · Sickle-cell disease peri-operative management in abdominal trauma ★ HY difficulty 4/5

Yaw, a 22-year-old university student with known sickle-cell disease (HbSS), is brought to Komfo Anokye emergency theatre after a road traffic accident in which he sustained blunt abdominal trauma fro…

Acid-Base Disorders · Winter's formula and mixed acid-base disturbances in DKA ★ HY difficulty 4/5

A 19-year-old woman, Esi, is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre by friends after being found confused in her university hostel. She is known to have type 1 diabetes and missed her insulin doses …

Acid-Base Disorders · High anion gap metabolic acidosis - toxic alcohol ★ HY difficulty 4/5

A 45-year-old woman named Ama presents to the Korle Bu emergency centre with a two-day history of altered consciousness and vomiting. Her husband reports she has been consuming large quantities of loc…

Acid-Base Disorders · Delta-delta ratio and mixed acid-base disturbances ★ HY difficulty 4/5

A 60-year-old man named Mensah with a 20-year history of type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease (baseline creatinine 280 micromol/L) presents to the Korle Bu emergency centre with worsening dyspno…

Acid-Base Disorders · High vs normal anion gap metabolic acidosis differentials ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 52-year-old man named Kwabena is referred from a district hospital in the Northern Region to Tamale Teaching Hospital with a three-day history of profuse watery diarrhoea and abdominal cramps. He ha…

Acid-Base Disorders · Winter's formula for respiratory compensation in metabolic acidosis ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 34-year-old woman named Akua is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by relatives after a witnessed generalised tonic-clonic seizure at home. She is known to have type 1 diabetes mellitus and was reported…

Acid-Base Disorders · Delta-delta ratio and mixed acid-base disturbances ★ HY difficulty 5/5

A 52-year-old man, Kwabena, is referred from a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo to Komfo Anokye ED with a 2-day history of generalised weakness, anorexia, and decreased urine output. He has type 2 dia…

Acute Abdomen · Ruptured AAA - recognition and resuscitation ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Akua, a 72-year-old woman with known hypertension and a 40 pack-year smoking history, is brought to Korle Bu Emergency Centre by her son complaining of sudden-onset tearing back and flank pain that be…

Acute Abdomen · Acute cholangitis - Reynold's pentad ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Akosua, a 52-year-old woman with a known history of gallstones, is brought to Korle Bu emergency centre with a 6-hour history of right upper quadrant pain, jaundice, and high-grade fever with rigors. …

Acute Abdomen · Mesenteric ischaemia - pathophysiology and recognition ★ HY difficulty 4/5

Ama, a 72-year-old woman with known atrial fibrillation on no anticoagulation, presents to the regional hospital A&E with 4 hours of severe, diffuse abdominal pain that she describes as 'out of propor…