Paediatrics
198 free practice questions shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.
A 9-week-old boy has a full blood count taken when an intravenous cannula is inserted before an inguinal hernia repair. He was born at 39 weeks weighing 3300 g,…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
You are asked to chart regular paracetamol for a 14-year-old boy on the first day after an open appendicectomy. He weighs 68 kg and is 174 cm tall. He has no li…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 4-month-old boy attends for his scheduled immunisations. He was born at term and is thriving. The right hemiscrotum is empty and underdeveloped. The right tes…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 10-month-old girl is brought by her mother, who has noticed that in photographs taken with a flash the left pupil looks white while the right glows red. The g…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 10-day-old girl is reviewed before discharge from the special care nursery, where she was admitted for feeding support. She was born at 38 weeks in a frank br…
Pre-internship · middle twist
You are the intern on the postnatal ward. A healthy term boy was born two hours ago weighing 3400 g. After a full discussion of the risks, both parents decline…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 5-week-old girl is brought to the emergency department after two episodes of vomiting and an hour of unusual drowsiness. She was born at home at term after an…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 3-year-old boy who previously used short sentences has stopped speaking over the past six weeks. His parents also report that he no longer understands familia…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 3-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department because he has stopped walking and cries when lifted. He has a temperature of 38.8°C, a heart rate of 13…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 7-year-old boy falls from playground equipment and sustains a displaced supracondylar fracture of the humerus. His hand is warm, capillary refill is 1.5 secon…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 30-hour-old boy develops jaundice and pallor. He is feeding reasonably well and has mild splenomegaly. His mother is blood group O positive and he is group B…
Mechanisms of disease · middle twist
A 3-week-old boy is brought with persistent jaundice, poor weight gain and two episodes of jitteriness before feeds. He was born at term with a small penis and…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
An 8-month-old girl has a temperature of 39.4°C and has been unsettled for two days. She is drinking, has normal work of breathing and perfusion, and examinatio…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 4-year-old child in a childcare centre has had paroxysmal coughing with post-tussive vomiting for 12 days, and PCR has detected Bordetella pertussis. He is ot…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A mother brings her 16-week-old son for his first vaccinations. The family recently arrived from overseas and he has received no vaccines apart from a hepatitis…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
An 8-week-old boy is brought to a general practice for his scheduled immunisations. While preparing the injections the practice nurse notices a 1.5 cm oval brui…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 6-day-old boy born at term is brought to the emergency department after vomiting three times over four hours; the most recent vomitus was dark green. He fed n…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 15-month-old boy presents with two days of vomiting and frequent watery stools. He is alert but subdued, with dry lips, mildly sunken eyes, heart rate 148/min…
Clinical rotations · middle twist