Published 30 September 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b3940
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b3940

Endgames

OnExamination quiz

Intracranial pathology

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

The answers to this question, and more questions on this topic, are available from www.onexamination.com/endgames until midnight on Wednesday.

This week’s quiz is on intracranial pathology and is taken from the OnExamination revision questions for the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland part 2 written exam.

A 65 year old Asian woman was referred to the emergency department with a history of nausea, vomiting, and headache that had persisted for several days. She did not speak English and unfortunately there was no one available to translate her history. She had a letter from her general practitioner that showed she had registered with the practice recently, having emigrated from India with her son. She had type 2 diabetes and atrial fibrillation; her regular medications included metformin, digoxin, and warfarin.

On examination, the patient seemed apathetic and drowsy with a Glasgow coma scale of 14-15. Her blood pressure was 145/75 mm Hg, . . . [Full text of this article]

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