Paediatrics · History

Vomiting newborn

Medium

8 min station · 2 min reading · Notre Dame Year 3

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

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in the emergency department at Perth Children's Hospital. Your next patient is Matilda Trevaskis, 4 days old, brought in by her mother, Kayla, because she has been vomiting since early this morning and is not herself.

  1. Take a focused history from her mother

  2. Outline to the examiner:

    • Your most likely diagnosis and differentials
    • Next steps in management, including relevant investigations
  • You do not need to examine Matilda
  • You do not need to summarise your findings to the examiner
  • The examiner will ask you questions at the end.
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Examination