Paediatrics
198 free practice questions shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.
A 9-week-old girl is brought to a regional emergency department with three weeks of cough. Her mother describes bouts of coughing that leave her red in the face…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 15-year-old boy attends for clearance to play first-grade school football. He has never had chest pain or blackouts and keeps up with the fittest boys at trai…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 3-year-old boy is in the emergency department of a Perth hospital with a forearm fracture after falling from a trampoline. While you are applying the backslab…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 5-year-old boy with steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome finished a six-week course of oral prednisolone 2 mg/kg daily yesterday. He is in remission, is well…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 12-month-old girl is brought to a general practice in Perth for her scheduled immunisations, which include measles-mumps-rubella and meningococcal ACWY vaccin…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 4-month-old Aboriginal boy attends an Aboriginal Medical Service for his scheduled immunisations. He was born at term, is well, and received all of his 6-week…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 5-month-old boy is brought to the emergency department by his parents because he has been unsettled overnight. He is well grown, afebrile and feeding normally…
Pre-internship · middle twist
An 18-month-old boy is brought to a general practice for a routine check. He walked at 11 months, now runs everywhere, climbs onto the kitchen bench and has lea…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 4-year-old girl attends a general practice with her father for a pre-kindergarten check. Her weight is above the 97th centile and her body mass index has been…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 13-month-old girl attends for a routine check. She is well and walking, and her weight and length are on the 75th centile. Her parents want to stop buying inf…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 3-week-old girl is brought to a general practice by her mother, who is exhausted and believes her milk supply is failing. The baby was born at term weighing 3…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 15-year-old girl attends a general practice with her mother, who is worried that she has stopped eating properly and has lost weight. Her mother says she has…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 9-year-old boy is referred to a paediatric clinic because his weight is above the 97th centile. Both parents are overweight, he spends most of his free time o…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 13-year-old boy weighing 92 kg attends the emergency department with six weeks of left knee ache and a limp. Radiographs of the pelvis show a mild slip of the…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 13-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department with six weeks of ache in the left knee, worse after football and now making him limp. There has been n…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 44-year-old man is admitted under your team after a myocardial infarction. Genetic testing has confirmed familial hypercholesterolaemia and the lipid clinic h…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 12-year-old Aboriginal boy is seen at a community clinic for a sports form. His body mass index is well above the 95th centile for age. His mother mentions th…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 7-month-old girl is referred to a paediatric clinic with slow weight gain. Her weight has fallen from the 50th to the 9th centile over three months while her…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 5-month-old boy is brought to a regional general practice because he "is not filling out". Born at term weighing 3.4 kg, he tracked along the 50th centile unt…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 4-month-old girl with a large ventricular septal defect is reviewed before surgical repair. She breastfeeds every two hours but takes 40 minutes each time, sw…
Pre-internship · middle twist