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A 9-year-old boy is brought by his mother, who has completed a standardised parent rating scale scoring highly for inattention and hyperactivity. She says he ca…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

An 18-month-old boy is brought back to the general practice by his father. At his 15-month check he was walking, waving goodbye, using eight words and handing h…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 7-month-old girl is brought to a rural general practice. Her weight has fallen from the 50th centile to below the 0.4th centile over three months; her length…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 6-year-old boy is seen for a routine check. His mother says he has always been "solidly built", like his father. He is 1.18 m tall and weighs 30 kg, giving a…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common

A 4-month-old girl is referred because her head circumference has fallen from the 25th percentile at birth to below the 3rd percentile. She was born at 39 weeks…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · niche

You are the resident in a paediatric outpatient clinic. A 15-year-old boy attends for review of his asthma, which is well controlled. At the start you explained…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 20-month-old boy attends for his 18-month health check in an outer suburb of Perth. He walks confidently, climbs onto the kitchen bench and opens cupboards. T…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 14-year-old boy attends the renal clinic. He received a deceased-donor kidney transplant at age 9 and takes tacrolimus, mycophenolate and low-dose prednisolon…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · niche

A 17-year-old girl attends a general practice for a pre-employment medical. The Australian Immunisation Register shows she received one dose of nine-valent huma…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

You are the intern on the paediatric ward. A 2-year-old girl admitted with gastroenteritis needs a nasogastric tube for rehydration. Her parents arrived in Aust…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · common

A term newborn girl is examined on the postnatal ward. She lay in a breech position from 34 weeks and was delivered by caesarean section. With the baby relaxed…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common

A girl born at 28 weeks gestation is brought to the child health nurse for a routine review. She is now 5 months old by the calendar and has been home from the…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common

A 71-year-old woman who migrated from Hong Kong 40 years ago is admitted to a psychiatric ward with a severe depressive episode. She speaks Cantonese and almost…