Kuwait MOH Doctor Exam case studies
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The Kuwait MOH Doctor Exam is the licensure assessment used by the Kuwait Ministry of Health for physicians who wish to practise in Kuwait, and it is a common step for internationally trained doctors as well as for candidates entering the public health system. It is a computer-delivered, single-best-answer multiple-choice examination in English, taken at a Prometric test centre. The Kuwait MOH Doctor Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 4,757 words.
1A diabetic man with a normal glucose and a swollen leg
A 58-year-old Kuwaiti man with type 2 diabetes (metformin 1 g twice daily, empagliflozin 25 mg daily, insulin glargine 22 units at night) attends the emergency department with 2 days of nausea, vomiting and generalised abdominal pain. For 3 days he has had a painful red swelling over his left shin.
986 words, about 5 min2Acute cholecystitis in a patient who is fully anticoagulated
A 68-year-old retired teacher with permanent atrial fibrillation on warfarin (target INR 2.5) presents at 09:00 with 30 hours of right upper quadrant pain radiating to the right scapula, fever and anorexia. Temperature 38.6 °C, pulse 104/min and irregular, blood pressure 134/76 mmHg, respiratory rate 20/min, oxygen saturation 96% on air.
935 words, about 5 min3A six-week-old with fever and a positive urine dipstick
A 6-week-old girl is brought to the paediatric emergency department at 02:00 with a rectal temperature of 38.5 °C measured 40 minutes earlier. She was born at term weighing 3.2 kg, is exclusively breastfed, and has taken about 60% of her usual feeds since this morning with five wet nappies in 24 hours.
916 words, about 5 min4Severe preeclampsia at 34 weeks with an unfavourable cervix
A 32-year-old woman, gravida 2 para 1, attends obstetric triage at 34 weeks and 3 days with a severe frontal headache and blurred vision for 6 hours. Blood pressure is 174/112 mmHg on two readings 15 minutes apart, with 3+ proteinuria on dipstick.
937 words, about 5 min5A fourteen-year-old, a life-saving transfusion, and parents who refuse
A 14-year-old girl with newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia has a haemoglobin of 4.9 g/dL, a platelet count of 9 × 10^9/L and active gum bleeding. She is tachycardic and dizzy on standing.
983 words, about 5 min