Results for “clinical examination”

You are the intern in a regional hospital's paediatric outpatient clinic. A 3-year-old Aboriginal boy has bilateral middle ear effusions and a 35 dB conductive…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

You are the intern on a Perth paediatric ward. A 6-year-old girl admitted with pneumonia tells you that a family friend does rude things to her when he babysits…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 9-year-old girl is brought to a Perth emergency department by her mother at 9 pm. At triage she told the nurse that her mother's partner puts his hands inside…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 3-year-old girl attends a rural general practice for the fourth time in six months, twice with minor bruises and twice with abdominal pain. Dry at night for a…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

At 2 am you are the intern who admits a 2-year-old girl with a spiral fracture of the humeral shaft and bruising over the upper arm and back, for which her pare…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 4-year-old boy is brought to a Perth emergency department with a swollen, bruised left forearm. At triage his mother said he fell from a kitchen chair. When y…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 2-year-old girl is brought to the emergency department by her father after falling from a play structure onto grass. She is walking, playing and interactive,…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A previously well 2-year-old boy has passed two large, dark red stools today. He has had no abdominal pain, has not drawn up his legs, has not vomited and has h…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

You are the resident covering an after-hours paediatric telephone line. The mother of a two-year-old boy rings about his second day of gastroenteritis. He was r…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · common

A 7-month-old boy has had 18 hours of loose stools and two vomits. His mother says the nappies are as wet as usual and he is still breastfeeding well. He is ale…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 3-year-old boy is seen in general practice with a two-day blanching viral rash and is otherwise well. He is eating, playing and having his usual number of wet…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · niche

A 9-year-old girl is on day three of treatment for pneumococcal meningitis and has been receiving intravenous sodium chloride 0.9% with glucose 5% at full maint…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · niche

A 6-year-old girl is referred because her teacher has noticed her stopping mid-sentence and staring for a few seconds, then carrying on as though nothing had ha…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 4-year-old girl has had bruises on her shins and trunk for three weeks. Her mother says she has become pale, tires on the walk to kindergarten and asks to be…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common

A 7-month-old girl has had six hours of episodes in which she suddenly screams, draws her knees up and stiffens for a minute or two, then lies pale and floppy u…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 22-day-old boy born at term is brought to a rural emergency department because he felt hot. His rectal temperature is 38.4 degrees Celsius. He has fed normall…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common

An 18-month-old girl is brought to the emergency department with two days of fever and irritability. She sits quietly on her mother's knee watching you, and sta…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common

A 2-year-old boy brought in at 2 am has a harsh barking cough and a hoarse cry. His general practitioner gave him prednisolone 1 mg/kg nine hours ago and he set…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 3-year-old girl who arrived from Ethiopia six months ago is screened after her grandmother, who shares the house, was diagnosed with smear-positive pulmonary…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 2-year-old boy whose parents were born in Vietnam has a blood test before starting childcare. He drinks about 700 mL of cow milk a day and refuses meat. He is…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist