A 7-year-old girl named Afia is brought to the district hospital A&E in the Upper East Region with a 6-hour history of fever, irritability, and a rash. Her mother reports she was well yesterday. On ex…
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A 16-year-old girl, Akua, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED after collapsing at school. She has a history of penicillin allergy and was given amoxicillin at a clinic two hours ago for a sore throat. S…
A 14-year-old boy named Kwame is brought to the district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo with a 12-hour history of fever, severe headache, and neck stiffness. On examination he is drowsy, temperature is 3…
A 28-year-old woman, Ama, presents to the regional hospital A&E in Tamale with a 6-hour history of fever, severe headache, and neck stiffness. She is drowsy but rousable. A non-blanching petechial ras…
A 19-year-old student, Kwame, is brought to a regional hospital A&E by his roommate after developing a sudden severe headache and fever over 6 hours. On examination he is confused, temperature 39.8°C,…
A 16-year-old girl named Akua presents to the regional hospital A&E in Kumasi with a 2-day history of high fever, sore throat, and a rapidly spreading rash. She started trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole 5…
A 52-year-old man, Kofi, presents to a district hospital A&E with a 12-hour history of severe pain and swelling in his right thigh following a minor cut. On examination, the overlying skin appears ery…
A 14-year-old boy, Kwame, is brought to the regional hospital A&E in Kumasi by his mother. He has had fever and headache for 12 hours and is now confused. On examination, temperature is 39.4°C, heart …
A 28-year-old woman named Ama presents to the regional hospital A&E in Tamale with acute onset facial swelling, widespread urticaria, and difficulty breathing. She ate groundnuts 20 minutes ago. On ex…
A 35-year-old woman, Akua, is brought to Komfo Anokye Emergency Department by ambulance. Bystanders report she has been convulsing continuously for 10 minutes with no recovery of consciousness. On arr…
A 4-year-old boy, Kofi, is brought to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo by his mother. She reports he had a brief generalised convulsion lasting about 90 seconds at home. He has had a fever of 38.9 °…
A 4-year-old boy, Kofi, is brought to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo by his mother. She reports he developed a fever this morning and then had a generalised shaking episode lasting 2 minutes, afte…
A 45-year-old man named Kwame presents to a district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo with a 2-day history of productive cough, fever, and worsening confusion. On examination, his temperature is 38.9°C, he…
A 45-year-old man named Kwame is brought to the regional hospital A&E in Kumasi with a 2-day history of productive cough, fever, and confusion. On examination, his temperature is 39.2°C, heart rate is…
A 27-year-old woman named Akua is brought to Komfo Anokye ED with a 1-day history of high fever, rigors, and confusion following a recent dental extraction. Her temperature is 40.1°C, heart rate is 13…
Kwame, a 58-year-old farmer, is brought to a district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo with a 2-day history of productive cough, fever, and increasing confusion. On examination, his temperature is 39.2°C, …
A 32-year-old woman named Akua is brought to the regional hospital A&E in Kumasi with a 3-day history of dysuria, rigors, and right loin pain. Her temperature is 39.2°C, heart rate is 124 bpm, respira…
A 32-year-old woman named Ama presents to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo with a 3-day history of dysuria, loin pain, and rigors. Her temperature is 38.8°C, respiratory rate is 24 breaths per minut…
A 55-year-old woman named Yaa is brought to a regional hospital A&E with a 1-day history of fever, rigors, and right upper quadrant pain following a known history of gallstones. Her temperature is 39.…
A 50-year-old man named Kofi is admitted to the regional hospital A&E in Tamale with fever, hypotension, and a suspected urinary tract infection. Blood cultures are drawn and IV ceftriaxone is commenc…
Ama, a 45-year-old market trader, presents to a district hospital A&E in the Northern Region with fever, rigors, and abdominal pain for 4 days. Her temperature is 39.0°C, heart rate 122 bpm, respirato…
Mensah, a 71-year-old retired teacher, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by his family with 3 days of fever, decreased urine output, and increasing weakness. His blood pressure is 78/46 mmHg, heart ra…
Ama, a 28-year-old woman, presents to Komfo Anokye ED with a 2-day history of high fever, rigors, and vomiting. She has just returned from a farming community in the Northern Region. Her temperature i…
A 45-year-old woman, Akua, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with a 2-day history of fever, rigors, and productive cough. On examination she is febrile at 39.4°C, heart rate 124 bpm, blood pressure 88/5…
Fatima, a 30-year-old woman with known asthma, is brought to Komfo Anokye ED after failing to respond to 3 cycles of back-to-back salbutamol nebulisations and ipratropium bromide. She has received IV …
Kwame, a 62-year-old man, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by his wife who noticed he suddenly could not lift his right arm and his speech became slurred 45 minutes ago. On examination, there is righ…
A 67-year-old woman is brought to a regional hospital A&E by her daughter after a sudden episode of right-sided weakness and slurred speech lasting 25 minutes, which had fully resolved by the time of …
Ama, a 55-year-old woman with known hypertension, presents to the regional hospital A&E in Ashanti with a 10-minute episode of right arm weakness and slurred speech that fully resolved before she arri…
Kofi, a 28-year-old man, presents to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo with a 3-week history of progressive leg weakness that started in both feet and has now ascended to his thighs. He reports tingl…
Kofi, a 22-year-old footballer, collapses on the pitch at a district hospital sports day in Brong-Ahafo. Witnesses say he suddenly fell without warning during a sprint; he was unconscious for about 15…