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Pediatrics

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Longitudinal children with a full chart: the caregiver in the room, feeding and diapers on the record, vitals read against the age band, and decisions whose consequences you see. Data reveals strictly forward; the tutor can only see what you can. Ordered youngest first.

Acute care

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18 days old · 3.6 kg

Eighteen days old, warm, and not interested in feeding

A term newborn's parents bring him in because he feels hot and has slept through two feeds. He looks all right in the waiting room.

Neonatology · 5 steps

Consult

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22 days old · 3.9 kg

Still yellow at three weeks

A breastfed 3-week-old is thriving but has never lost her jaundice. The health visitor sends her in 'just to check'.

Neonatology · 3 steps

Acute care

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5 months old · 6.8 kg

Cough, and not finishing her bottles

A 5-month-old with three days of a cold is breathing fast and has stopped feeding well. Her mother is worried about the pauses.

Respiratory · 5 steps

Acute care

intro

18 months old · 10.2 kg

Vomiting and diarrhea, and only two wet diapers

An 18-month-old has had two days of vomiting and watery stools. Her father counts diapers, and today's count is two.

Gastroenterology · 3 steps

Acute care

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20 months old · 11.5 kg

He went stiff and shook, and now he will not wake up properly

A 20-month-old with a fever since the morning had a two-minute convulsion at home. His parents thought he was dying.

Neurology · 3 steps

Acute care

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2 years old · 12.5 kg

A barking cough at two in the morning

A 2-year-old woke his parents with a cough 'like a seal' and a noise when he breathes in. In the car he seemed better; in the waiting room it started again.

Respiratory · 3 steps

Acute care

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4 years old · 17 kg

Refusing to walk since breakfast

A 4-year-old woke up limping and now will not put his right foot down. He had a cold last week. His mother thinks he hurt himself in the garden.

Musculoskeletal · 3 steps

Acute care

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6 years old · 21 kg

The puffer is not working

A 6-year-old with known asthma has been wheezy for two days; today her blue inhaler lasts an hour. Her father has given ten puffs in the car.

Respiratory · 4 steps

Acute care

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12 years old · 38 kg

Thirsty for weeks, vomiting since this morning

A 12-year-old has been drinking litres, wetting the bed again, and losing weight. Today he cannot keep water down and is breathing strangely.

Endocrine · 5 steps

Acute care

advanced

15 years old · 52 kg

Collapsed during the 400 metres

A 15-year-old runner collapsed mid-race and came round within a minute. Her coach says she 'just fainted'. She has fainted once before, in a swimming pool.

Cardiology · 3 steps

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