SAQ Stack : Gastrointestinal
Short Answer Questions for ED Fellowship Study
Thrombosed haemorrhoid
A 30-year-old male with perianal pain attends your rural emergency department. On examination, you find a thrombosed external haemorrhoid.
Small bowel obstruction
A 60-year-old woman presents to your Emergency Department with two days of increasing abdominal pain and vomiting. She has no …
Fever and pain post scopes
A 52-year-old man presents to your district hospital at 2000h with SOB, abdominal pain and fever. He has had an …
RIF pain
A 34-year-old female has been brought in by ambulance to your tertiary hospital with right iliac fossa pain. She appears …
Confusion and jaundice
A 56-year-old male presents with acute confusion and visible jaundice after returning two weeks ago from an international conference. He …
Melaena
A 76-year-old woman has been brought in from home with melaena. She has a background of hypertension, ischaemic heart disease …
Mesenteric ischemia
A 78-year-old male presents with 16 hours of severe colicky abdominal pain and diarrhoea. Following your initial assessment, you are …