Yaw, a 55-year-old man with no known medical history, is referred from a district hospital in the Northern Region to Tamale Teaching Hospital with a 6-day history of jaundice following ingestion of wi…
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A 60-year-old man is referred from a district hospital in the Ashanti region to the Komfo Anokye ED with a 36-hour history of epigastric pain, vomiting, and jaundice. He has no history of alcohol use.…
A 55-year-old man, Yaw, is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre from a district hospital in the Brong-Ahafo Region with a 2-day history of acute pancreatitis. He is known to drink heavily. At pres…
A 67-year-old woman, Adwoa, is brought to Korle Bu emergency centre by her daughter after two episodes of coffee-ground vomiting and melaena over 24 hours. She has a history of ischaemic heart disease…
A 47-year-old man, Kwesi, is admitted to the Tamale Teaching Hospital ED with moderate acute pancreatitis. He was diagnosed 6 hours ago. His vital signs on arrival were: temperature 38.2°C, pulse 112 …
Mohammed, a 58-year-old man with known liver cirrhosis, is admitted to Korle Bu emergency centre with haematemesis. He is resuscitated and given terlipressin and IV ceftriaxone. He is haemodynamically…
A 52-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to Komfo Anokye ED by relatives with a 12-hour history of severe epigastric pain radiating to the back, nausea, and vomiting. He drinks heavily. Vitals: BP 98/60 m…
A 47-year-old woman, Afia, presents to a regional hospital A&E with acute pancreatitis confirmed by raised amylase and epigastric tenderness. She is assessed at admission: WBC 16 × 10⁹/L, blood glucos…
A 52-year-old man, Mensah, with liver cirrhosis and known oesophageal varices is admitted to Korle Bu emergency centre with acute variceal haemorrhage. He is stabilised with terlipressin and blood tra…
A 16-year-old boy, Kwame, is brought to the A&E at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital by his father at 02:00 with sudden-onset severe right scrotal pain that woke him from sleep 3 hours ago. On examinatio…
A 19-year-old man with known sickle cell disease (HbSS), Yaw, presents to Korle Bu Teaching Hospital A&E with a painful erection that has been present for 6 hours. He has had no trauma. On examination…
Kwabena, a 28-year-old man with known sickle cell disease (HbSS), presents to the A&E at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital with a painful erection lasting 5 hours. He has had no trauma. Examination reveals a…
Adwoa, a 30-year-old non-pregnant woman, presents with fever, rigors and right loin pain for 1 day. After 1 L of fluid, IV ceftriaxone and paracetamol in the emergency department, she is comfortable, …
A 38-year-old woman, Ama, presents to Korle Bu Teaching Hospital A&E with severe right loin-to-groin pain of sudden onset 3 hours ago, associated with vomiting. She is afebrile (36.8°C), HR 104 bpm, B…
Kofi, a 16-year-old student, is brought to the A&E at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital by his father at 02:00 with a 3-hour history of sudden-onset severe right scrotal pain and vomiting. Examination re…
Maame Akua, a 78-year-old woman, is brought to the district hospital in Brong-Ahafo by her son after she slipped on the wet floor of her bathroom and fell. She has no loss of consciousness, no chest p…
A 72-year-old man, Kwesi, is admitted to the regional hospital ED in the Northern Region following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest witnessed by his wife. Bystander CPR was initiated immediately, and…
A 72-year-old man, Mohammed, is referred from a district hospital in the Northern Region to Tamale Teaching Hospital with a one-week history of progressive confusion. His family says he was 'always a …
A 74-year-old woman named Adwoa Mensah is seen in the emergency centre at Korle Bu after a fall whilst walking to the market. She denies any warning symptoms. Her daughter, who witnessed the event, sa…
An 82-year-old woman, Adwoa, is brought to the emergency centre at Korle Bu by her adult son after a fall at home. She has a laceration over the right eyebrow and bruising over both forearms. Her son …
A 74-year-old woman, Akua, presents to Korle Bu emergency centre with a 2-day history of increased confusion, reduced appetite, and one episode of urinary incontinence. Her daughter reports she was in…
A 73-year-old woman, Abena, is brought to the emergency centre of a district hospital in the Brong-Ahafo Region by her granddaughter. She presents with a three-week history of vaginal bleeding and per…
A 83-year-old retired teacher, Joseph, is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre in Accra from a nursing home after developing fever and confusion. He has a known history of Parkinson's disease, chr…
A 69-year-old woman, Afia, and an 82-year-old man, Mr Asante, are simultaneously assessed in the Komfo Anokye ED following separate falls. Afia has no chronic illness, lives independently, walks 5 km …
Mohammed Alhassan, a 79-year-old man from Tamale, is referred from a district hospital to the regional hospital ED after a fall at home. He takes warfarin 5 mg daily for AF. On arrival, his GCS is 13 …
A 65-year-old man, Joseph, is seen at a regional hospital emergency department in the Volta Region. He was brought by a community health nurse who found him at home following a visit triggered by a ne…
Alhaji Mohammed Issah, a 74-year-old retired teacher with type 2 diabetes and hypertension, is seen at a district hospital in the Northern Region after his family noticed he had become increasingly co…
Maame Akua, a 78-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and osteoarthritis, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by her daughter after a witnessed fall at home. Her medications include gliben…
Kofi is a 78-year-old retired teacher brought to the emergency department of a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region by neighbours who became concerned after not seeing him for several days. He live…
Abena, a 78-year-old woman with known hypertension, is brought to the regional hospital ED by her daughter who reports that her mother 'has not been herself' for the past two days. The daughter notes …