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Exam F: - Answers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2017

Keith Davies ,
Christopher Gough ,
Emma King ,
Benjamin Plumb  and
Benjamin Walton
Keith Davies
Affiliation:
Severn Deanery, Bristol
Christopher Gough
Affiliation:
Severn Deanery, Bristol
Emma King
Affiliation:
Severn Deanery, Bristol
Benjamin Plumb
Affiliation:
Severn Deanery, Bristol
Benjamin Walton
Affiliation:
North Bristol NHS Trust
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Summary

You are asked to review a previously fit and well 60-year-old woman on the medical admissions ward who has been admitted complaining of shortness of breath and lethargy, she is tachycardic (110 bpm) and blood tests reveal anaemia. There is no evidence of external or internal bleeding.

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Single Best Answer Questions for the Final FFICM , pp. 231 - 265
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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