Australia Permanent Healthcare and Medical Courses

This session will describe the signs and symptoms that should alert the clinician to suspect a diagnosis of viral encephalitis.

This is a step-by-step description of a management plan for a breathless HIV+ (human immunodeficiency virus) patient.

This session explores the triggers, pathogenesis, presentation, clinical diagnosis and natural history of anaphylaxis, as well as the use of laboratory confirmatory markers.

This session considers the history, examination and laboratory tests involved in the management of a patient with spontaneous bleeding.

This session covers the use of anticoagulants in pregnancy, with specific reference to the acute management of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in pregnancy. The safety issues for the mother and fetus of unfractionated heparin (UH), low molecular weight hepar

This session describes how to evaluate, investigate and plan the management of a patient presenting with breathlessness due to anaemia.

This session will look at the classification of anaemia based on red cell indices and the associated factors leading to breathlessness in an anaemic patient.

This session discusses the alarm symptoms of dyspepsia. It examines the causes of dyspepsia, with a particular focus on peptic ulcer disease and <i>Helicobacter pylori (H pylori)</i>. It also addresses the indications for endoscopy and the management of d

This session reviews the causes of haematemesis and melaena. It covers the principles of resuscitation and risk stratification. It also discusses the management (both pharmacological and endoscopic) of patients who present with upper gastrointestinal blee

This session considers the initial clinical presentation, appropriate radiological and endoscopic investigations, differential diagnoses and management of patients with ulcerative colitis.