7 A 48-year-old woman presented with weakness of her left arm and leg of one hour's
duration. She was suspected of having had a stroke. Ten days previously she had been …

1 A 78-year-old woman presented with a 3-week history of acute onset pain and stiffness of
her shoulders. She experienced generalised stiffness every morning for 30 minutes after …

1 A 37-year-old woman was brought to the emergency department having been found
confused at home by her husband. While in the emergency department she had a series of …

CME Infectious diseases SAQs (80449) Self-assessment questionnaire Page 1 514 © Royal
College of Physicians, 2013. All rights reserved. CME Infectious diseases SAQs Clinical …

1 A 65-year-old man presents with a two-month history of weakness, particularly on walking,
dry mouth of recent onset and a tendency towards constipation. On questioning, he does not …

1 A 78-year-old woman presented with a 3-week history of acute onset pain and stiffness of
her shoulders. She experienced generalised stiffness every morning for 30 minutes after …

1 A married 40-year-old teacher presented to the emergency department with a 3 day history
of pyrexia, cough and green sputum production. On examination she appeared otherwise …

3 A 32-year-old man had had rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for the past nine months affecting the
metacarpophalangeal joints, wrists, elbows, neck and knees. He required ibuprofen as well …

z Twenty self-assessment questions (SAQs) based on the published articles will appear at
the end of each CME specialty featured in Clinical Medicine. T he questions have been …

An 85-year-old man with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and coronary artery disease
presented to our clinic with diffuse muscle pain. The pain had been present for about 3 …