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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…

Electrolyte Emergencies · Winter formula — respiratory compensation in metabolic acidosis ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 19-year-old woman, Afia, with known type 1 diabetes is brought to the Korle Bu Emergency Centre after two days of vomiting and polyuria. She missed her insulin doses. Vitals: BP 100/66 mmHg, HR 122 …

Endocrinology · Role of corticosteroids in thyroid storm ★ HY difficulty 4/5

Abena, a 45-year-old woman, is brought to the Korle Bu Emergency Centre by her daughter with confusion and high fever. She has Graves' disease managed with carbimazole but developed a sore throat and …

Toxicology · Salicylate urinary alkalinisation ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Fatima, a 32-year-old woman, presents to a regional hospital ED in Ashanti Region with headache, nausea, and hearing a ringing sound in both ears. She took aspirin for a severe headache over the past …

Toxicology · Salicylate poisoning — airway management ★ HY difficulty 4/5

A 55-year-old man is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre after a deliberate overdose of aspirin. He is confused (GCS 11, E3V3M5) and breathing at a rate of 36/min with deep, laboured respirations…

Toxicology · Salicylate decontamination ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 16-year-old boy named Yaw is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by his parents 90 minutes after being found unconscious in his room with an empty bottle of aspirin 300 mg tablets. On arrival he is agita…

Toxicology · Salicylate acid-base disturbance ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 19-year-old woman named Akosua is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre by her roommate after ingesting an unknown quantity of aspirin tablets approximately 2 hours ago following a domestic dispu…

Toxicology - Decontamination and Enhanced Elimination · Urinary alkalinisation mechanism and indications in salicylate poisoning ★ HY difficulty 4/5

Yaa, a 35-year-old nurse, presents to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital emergency centre 6 hours after deliberately ingesting approximately 20 g of aspirin (40 tablets of 500 mg) with a large volume …

Toxicology - Salicylate Poisoning · Urinary alkalinisation mechanism and indications in salicylate toxicity ★ HY difficulty 4/5

Kofi, a 19-year-old male university student, presents to a regional hospital A&E in the Ashanti Region after ingesting an unknown quantity of aspirin tablets approximately 90 minutes ago in a delibera…

Toxicology - Salicylates · Mixed acid-base disturbance mechanism in salicylate poisoning ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 17-year-old girl named Akua is brought to the A&E of a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region by her mother, 3 hours after ingesting approximately 30 tablets of aspirin 300 mg (total ~9 g) in a del…

Toxicology - Salicylates · Haemodialysis indications in chronic salicylate poisoning ★ HY difficulty 4/5

A 55-year-old man named Mensah with known osteoarthritis has been taking aspirin 900 mg four times daily for 10 days for joint pain after running out of his usual ibuprofen. He is brought to the Korle…

Toxicology - Salicylates · Urinary alkalinisation mechanism and decontamination strategy in salicylate poisoning ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Akosua, a 34-year-old market trader, presents to a district hospital in the Upper East Region after deliberately ingesting approximately 30 tablets of aspirin 300 mg (total ~9,000 mg) orally approxima…

Toxicology - Salicylates · Haemodialysis indications in severe salicylate poisoning ★ HY difficulty 4/5

A 45-year-old farmer named Kwame is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED in Kumasi after ingesting an unknown quantity of aspirin tablets 3 hours ago following a domestic dispute. He is agitated and confuse…

Toxicology - Salicylates · Mixed acid-base disturbance: mechanism of respiratory alkalosis and metabolic acidosis in salicylate poisoning ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Ama, a 19-year-old student, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED at 02:00 by her roommate, who found a near-empty bottle of aspirin tablets (300 mg each) on her desk. The roommate estimates Ama ingested …

Toxicology - Salicylates · Haemodialysis indications in severe salicylate poisoning; dangers of intubation ★ HY difficulty 4/5

Kwame, a 52-year-old cocoa farmer from the Brong-Ahafo region, is transferred to the regional hospital A&E after ingesting an unknown quantity of aspirin tablets he purchased from a roadside seller fo…

Nephrology · Dialysis indications — AEIOU mnemonic difficulty 3/5

Afia, a 54-year-old woman with hypertension and type 2 diabetes, is admitted to the Komfo Anokye ED after two days of oliguria (urine output 80 mL over the last 24 hours). She has no regular access to…

Toxicology · Salicylate poisoning in pregnancy difficulty 4/5

Abena, a 28-year-old primigravida at 34 weeks gestation, is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre after intentionally ingesting approximately 30 tablets of aspirin 300 mg (9,000 mg total) one hour …

Toxicology · Salicylate severity assessment — chronic poisoning difficulty 4/5

Kofi, a 45-year-old man with rheumatoid arthritis, is referred from a district hospital in Northern Region to Tamale Teaching Hospital ED after 3 days of worsening tinnitus, vomiting, and confusion. H…

Toxicology - Salicylates · Mechanism of hyperthermia and lactic acidosis: mitochondrial uncoupling by salicylate as protonophore difficulty 4/5

Yaw, a 16-year-old secondary school student, is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre by his parents after they found him unresponsive in his room. They discovered an empty box of aspirin 500 mg ta…

Toxicology - Salicylates · Gastrointestinal decontamination in salicylate poisoning difficulty 2/5

A 28-year-old woman named Ama presents to a district hospital A&E in the Brong-Ahafo Region 90 minutes after deliberately ingesting approximately 20 tablets of aspirin 300 mg (total 6 g). She is alert…