2 min reading · 15 min station · reminders at 2 min
2 min reading · 15 min station · reminders at 2 min
Instructions
You are a medical student on placement in the emergency department. Your next patient is Isla Brennan, aged 2, brought in by her mother with vomiting and diarrhoea.
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Take a history from her mother
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Examine the child
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Outline to the examiner:
Your findings
Your most likely diagnosis and differentials
Next steps in management, including relevant investigations
Last documented weight
12.8 kg at the child health nurse three weeks ago, reported by her mother
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Investigations
Examination
After treatment
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