NEET PG case studies
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NEET PG is the single national entrance examination used for admission to postgraduate medical degree and diploma programmes in India - MD, MS, PG Diploma and the corresponding NBEMS diploma routes - and it is also the gate for many government-service and institutional posts that recruit on the basis of a PG entrance rank. It is written for MBBS graduates who hold (or are completing) permanent registration with a State Medical Council or the NMC, and who want to move from internship into specialty training. The NEET PG case studies are 5 cases and about 3,309 words.
1Seizure in an Elderly Man on a Thiazide
72-year-old man with hypertension, on hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg daily for the past 6 weeks, is brought to the emergency department after a witnessed generalized tonic-clonic seizure. He had 2 days of vomiting and poor oral intake and has been confused since morning.
674 words, about 3 min2Severe Preeclampsia at 34 Weeks
28-year-old G2P1 at 34 weeks and 2 days by dating ultrasound presents with a 2-day history of frontal headache and new visual blurring. Her blood pressure is 168/112 mmHg, confirmed on two readings 15 minutes apart.
656 words, about 3 min3Jaundice Outbreak in a Single-Village Cluster
In a subdistrict of 18,000 people, the medical officer reports 48 cases of acute jaundice over 21 days, all from one village of 1,200 residents. Thirty-one are men and 17 are women, aged 16-44 years.
706 words, about 4 min4Open Tibia Fracture With an Absent Foot Pulse
A 24-year-old man is brought 70 minutes after a motorcycle crash with an 8-cm open wound over the anterior right leg; a 6-cm segment of tibia is exposed and contaminated with soil. He is alert but pale, pulse 124/min, BP 92/60 mmHg, respiratory rate 24/min.
632 words, about 3 min5Warfarin and Fluconazole: A Dangerous Pair
68-year-old woman with permanent atrial fibrillation and hypertension has taken warfarin 5 mg daily for 3 years; her INR has been stable between 2.2 and 2.8 for the past year. She develops odynophagia and is diagnosed with esophageal candidiasis; she is prescribed fluconazole 200 mg daily for 14 days.
641 words, about 3 min