Palestinian Board Part I case studies
Palestinian Board Part I · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Palestinian Board Part I is the first stage of the postgraduate specialty board pathway administered under the Palestinian Ministry of Health and its higher medical councils. It is aimed at physicians who have completed their medical degree and are entering residency or seeking to demonstrate a broad foundation before specialty training. The Palestinian Board Part I case studies are 5 cases and about 4,257 words.
1Vomiting, drowsiness and a glucose of 812 mg/dL in a non-adherent type 2 diabetic
A 46-year-old man with type 2 diabetes on metformin and glargine has not taken his medication for two weeks. He is brought in after three days of vomiting and diffuse abdominal pain.
887 words, about 4 min2A silent chest, a rising CO2 and a request for non-invasive ventilation
A 27-year-old woman with asthma since childhood is brought by her sister after three days of a viral illness. She has taken six salbutamol puffs in the last two hours and can no longer complete a sentence.
804 words, about 4 min3A five-week-old with a temperature of 38.4 °C and mottled skin
A 5-week-old boy is brought to the emergency department at 02:00 with a rectal temperature of 38.4 °C recorded at home an hour ago. He was born at term, weighed 3.4 kg, had an uncomplicated delivery and went home at 48 hours; the mother reports no fever, no prolonged rupture of membranes and no group B streptococcus carriage.
793 words, about 4 min4Headache and flashing lights at 34 weeks and 3 days
A 34-year-old woman, G2P1, at 34 weeks and 3 days by an 8-week dating scan attends triage with a two-day frontal headache not relieved by paracetamol and new flashing lights. There are no contractions and the membranes are intact.
847 words, about 4 min5Adhesive small bowel obstruction: drip and suck, or straight to theatre?
A 74-year-old man presents with two days of colicky central abdominal pain, vomiting and distension. He had an open appendicectomy at 20 and a sigmoid colectomy for diverticular disease six years ago, and has not passed flatus for 24 hours.
926 words, about 5 min