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Clinical Opal #19 - ‘The thigh bone's connected to the hip bone’
Mary is a 69-year-old retired teacher discharged two weeks ago from the local public hospital after repair of a fractured neck of femur...
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Medcast is delighted to announce that we have been awarded a grant from The Department of Health and Aged Care Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP).
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Millie, a 32-year-old primary school teacher, presents to you with a five week history of diarrhoea...
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Phillipa, new to your practice, is 36 and presents with an unplanned pregnancy, estimated at 8 weeks gestation. She is generally healthy with no significant history...
![Clinical Opal - To CRP or not to CRP? That is the question](/media/yfxeci4z/blog-image-11.png?rxy=0.5016560604369023,0.379569798105546&width=800&height=600&v=1d9cc6b26811120)
Sally, a 41-year-old primary school teacher, presents to you with a six-week history of being “tired all the time”...
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General practitioners (GPs) are often the first contact for patients who are victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) including sexual assault.
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Did you know that an Australian study found that the majority (61%) of Australian men aged over 45 have some form of erectile dysfunction?
![Clinical Opal #16 - Vaccine preventable disease](/media/xxhbwagu/blog-image-8.png?rxy=0.6400952699936735,0.46161033142194186&width=800&height=600&v=1d8ae6d254cfb60)
Jose is a 9 year unvaccinated child with a 5 day history of a low grade fever, cough and sore throat...
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Graeme, a 64-year-old retired builder, presented to you for repeat prescriptions two weeks previously as a new patient to the practice...
![Clinical Opal #13 - 41 year old with hip pain](/media/q2ee4b5y/blog-image-4.png?width=800&height=600&v=1daccd1abf767c0)
Zoe is a 41-year-old graphic designer who presents to you with right hip pain...