Paediatrics · History

Inconsolable baby

Easy

8 min station · 2 min reading · UWA Year 2

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2 min reading · 8 min station · reminders at 1 min

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in general practice. Your next patient is Aria Santoro, 6 weeks old, brought in by her father, Daniele, because she has been crying inconsolably.

  1. Take a focused history from her father

  2. State your most likely diagnosis and differential diagnoses to the examiner

  • You do not need to examine Aria
  • You do not need to summarise your findings to the examiner
  • The examiner will ask you one question at the end