Paediatrics

188 free practice questions at the clinical rotations stage shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.

Practise theseOne at a time, in a random order, with the explanation after each.

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…

Clinical rotations · common

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

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…

Clinical rotations · common

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…

Clinical rotations · common

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.…

Clinical rotations · common

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…

Clinical rotations · common

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…

Clinical rotations · common

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…

Clinical rotations · common