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141 Cases Available

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141 OET Medicine cases, every one fully typed out and searchable to the last word. Each case opens two ways — never a screenshot, never a random PDF.

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Showing 20 of 141 cases from our expanding collection.

Case 01: Ms. Eleanor Bennet

Intermediate

Post-MI / Captopril Side Effects

CardioReferralView

Case 02: Mr. Adam Knowles

Advanced

Obstructive Jaundice / ?Pancreatic Malignancy

GIUrgentView

Case 03: Mr. Barry Jones

Intermediate

Lower Back Strain / Return to Work

OrthopedicReferralView

Case 04: Mrs. Priya Sharma

Intermediate

Type 2 Diabetes / Poor Glycaemic Control

EndocrineReferralView

Case 05: Ms. Anne Hall

Intermediate

GORD / Dysphagia

GIReferralView

Case 06: Mr. Allen Mathis

Advanced

Biventricular Heart Failure / Silent Ischaemia

CardioUrgentView

Case 07: Mr. Derek Romano

Intermediate

Acute Myocardial Infarction

CardioUrgentView

Case 08: Mr. John Elvin

Advanced

Anterior MI / Acute Asthma Exacerbation

CardioUrgentView

Case 09: Mrs. Lucy Clarke

Intermediate

Unstable Angina

CardioUrgentView

Case 10: Mr. Robert Martin

Intermediate

Hypertension / ?Unstable Angina

CardioUrgentView

Case 11: Brendan Cross

Advanced

Acute Rheumatic Fever

CardioUrgentView

Case 12: Mr. Dave Cochrane

Advanced

Acute Left Ventricular Failure

CardioUrgentView

Case 13: Emma Johnson

Intermediate

Acute Asthma Exacerbation

RespiratoryUrgentView

Case 14: Mrs. May Hong

Advanced

Right Lower Lobar Pneumonia

RespiratoryUrgentView

Case 15: Ms. Sally McConville

Intermediate

Acute Asthma / ?Pneumonia

RespiratoryUrgentView

Case 16: Mr. Ammar Moustafawy

Advanced

Liver Abscess

GIUrgentView

Case 17: Mrs. Ann Howard

Intermediate

Early Bowel Obstruction / ?Carcinoma

GIUrgentView

Case 18: Mr. Brian Morgan

Intermediate

Acute Appendicitis

GIUrgentView

Case 19: Mr. Fred Davies

Advanced

Acute Colonic Pseudo-obstruction

GIUrgentView

Case 20: Mrs. Jenny Perkins

Intermediate

Large Bowel Obstruction (Sigmoid Volvulus)

GIUrgentView

121 more cases to explore

Case 132: Mr. David Taylor

Acute Gout with Tophus

Occupational English Test

WRITING SUB-TEST: MEDICINE

TIME ALLOWED: READING TIME: 5 MINUTES | WRITING TIME: 40 MINUTES

NOTES
You are a GP in a city clinic. Mr David Taylor is a patient in your general practice.
PATIENT DETAILS:
Name:
Mr David Taylor
DOB:
01/08/1965 ( age 55 )
Patient history:
Occupation - Business traveller
Divorced - has 2 children
lives alone at home
Drinks alcohol 2 glasses/w
Non-smoker since 2010
No known allergies
Family history:
Father - died of Kidney failure
Mother - asthma
Brother - gout
Past medical history:
2000:
gout - colchicine (Lengout), allopurinol, paracetamol.
2002:
laryngitis.
2003:
appendectomy.
2010:
kidney stones.
01/06/2010 : Severe gout attack - steroid injection, colchicine, allopurinol.
01/09/2010 : Gout attack - Advise Pt re lifestyle changes to stop smoking, reduce alcohol, decrease dietary red meat, drink more fluid.
05/12/2010 : Pt appears well. Successful lifestyle adjustment.
2011:
Depression ( ? due to gout ), flouxetine
2011-2020:
No gout attacks.
13/06/2020
Subjective:
Complains of pain in RT big toe.
Swelling in RT foot, RT big toe.
Pain in Rt flank.
Red colour urine - frequency normal.
Objective:
BP: 120/80, HR: 90, RR: 22, T 37.8
Pt anxious, shortness of breath.
Inflamed, red first RT toe.
Tophus - under RT big toe.
Treatment Colchicine (Lengout) 1 mg
NSAIDS
Plan:
Refer to a Rheumatologist for urgent assessment.
Removal of tophus?.
Refer to a Urologist.
WRITING TASK
Using the information given in the case notes, write a letter of referral to Dr Still, a Rheumatologist at City Hospital, for assessment of Mr Taylor. Address the letter to Dr Malcom Still, Rheumatologist, City Hospital, Suite 32, 55 Main Road, Newtown.
In your answer:
Expand the relevant notes into complete sentences
Do not use note form
Use letter format
The body of the letter should be approximately 180–200 words.