Paediatrics
111 free practice questions shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.
A 7-month-old previously well boy is brought to the emergency department after six hours of episodes of sudden inconsolable screaming during which he draws his…
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A 4-week-old girl born at term is reviewed because she is still visibly jaundiced. The jaundice was first noticed on day three of life; she is fully breastfed,…
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A 22-month-old boy is brought to his general practitioner because he is not yet talking. He says 'mum' and 'dada' only, but points to things he wants, waves goo…
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A 3-year-old boy presents with six days of fever above 39°C that has persisted despite regular paracetamol; he is miserable and difficult to console. Both eyes…
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A 24-day-old girl is brought to the emergency department after her mother measured an axillary temperature of 38.3°C at home. She was born at term after an unco…
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An 18-month-old boy wakes at 2 am with a harsh, barking cough and noisy breathing and is brought to the emergency department. He has had a runny nose for two da…
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A 9-month-old girl is brought to the emergency department with three days of runny nose and moist cough, and one day of fast, noisy breathing. She is taking abo…
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A 14-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department after waking at 5 am with sudden severe pain in the left side of his scrotum, and he has vomited twice.…
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A 14-year-old boy presents with sudden severe lower abdominal pain that woke him from sleep two hours ago, accompanied by two episodes of vomiting. He is pale a…
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An 8-year-old child has written documentation of two valid diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis doses given at 2 and 4 months of age, but no subsequent doses…
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A 10-month-old child presents for routine care after recently arriving in Australia, and the parents have no written immunisation records. The child appears wel…
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