SAQ Stack : Infectious Disease
Short Answer Questions for ED Fellowship Study
Orbital cellulitis
A 9 yo girl presents a week of with progressive right eye swelling despite taking amoxicillin with clavulanic acid for …
Septic arthritis and needlestick injury
A 32-year-old male presents with atraumatic unilateral knee pain and swelling.
Active pulmonary tuberculosis
A 45-year-old Nepalese man presents to your Emergency Department with a 2-week history of cough, fever, haemoptysis and weight loss …
Haemorrhagic colitis
You are the Emergency Consultant in a major referral centre. A 23 year old male presents with a 3 day …
Mpox infection
Your triage nurse asks you to have a look at a rash. A 35-year-old male has presented with a 3-day …
Fever in a returned traveller
A 32 year old male presented with fever with chills, night sweats headache and cough for past 3 days. He …
Acute rheumatic fever
You are asked to see a 19-year-old indigenous male in fast track who has presented to the Emergency Department complaining …
Febrile neutropenia
A 72-year-old man presents with fever and shock 7 days after chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer. <ul><li>HR 120</li><li>BP 90/40</li></ul> T 38.5 …
Peritoneal dialysis peritonitis
A 63-year-old woman with end-stage renal failure on daily peritoneal dialysis presents with abdominal pain. You are concerned about PD …
Acute facial swelling with fever
A 45-year-old man presents to your emergency department with fever and right-sided facial swelling.
Gastroenteritis
A husband and wife present to the emergency department after a date night at a restaurant. Shortly after returning home, …
Infective endocarditis
A 36-year-old man with intravenous drug use presents with fever and malaise for three days. His observations are as follows: …
Post-splenectomy sepsis
A 54-year-old man presents to emergency with general lethargy, fatigue and fevers and chills. He had a splenectomy following a …
Collapsed neonate with hypoglycaemia
A 5-day old male baby is brought in by his mother for decreased breast-feeding. On examination the child is flat …
Febrile returned traveller
A 25-year-old woman presents with fever, rash, joint pain, abdominal pain and headache after returning from Bali three days ago. …
Infant with perioral vesicular rash
A 12-month-old boy presents with lesions around his mouth and inability to eat or drink.
HIV patient with focal neurological deficit
A 45-year-old man with untreated HIV presents with fever, headache, confusion and right-sided weakness.
Inflammatory polyarthritis
A 26-year-old woman presents with atraumatic pain and swelling affecting multiple joints. She has no prior medical history.
Ludwig’s angina
A 50-year-old man presents to ED two days post dental extraction with pain on swallowing.
Painful facial rash
An elderly woman presents with a painful unilateral facial rash involving the upper face and eye.
Rash after bushwalking
A 53-year-old man presents to a rural ED feeling unwell after bushwalking. He has noticed a painless rash on his …
Hot swollen ankle
A 55-year-old man presents with acute atraumatic ankle pain and a low-grade fever.
Advanced HIV with fever and cough
A 45-year-old man known to be HIV positive presents with fever, non-productive cough, weight loss and mild confusion. Vitals: HR …
Orbital cellulitis
A 5-year-old boy presents with progressive left eye swelling, pain and nausea.