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A 19 year old lady P1,G1 presents with increasingly severe left lower quadrant abdominal pain. Pregnancy test is negative

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A 23 year old man is referred to ICU with worsening fever, confusion and hypotension. He has a well healed mid-line sternotomy scar.

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Density – Archimedes and the Gold Crown;

A 77 yo old lady with a history of ischaemic heart disease is admitted to the ER with symptoms of increasing breathlessness and cough.

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Significant Figures - Significant Zero; Addition ; Subtraction; Multiplication; Division

A 55 year old man is transferred to emergency following a collapse at a sporting event. Describe and interpret this Chest X-ray. Top 150 CXR

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Scientific Notation: Fixing Incorrect Scientific Notation; Accuracy and Precision; Error and Percent Error