Pediatric history taking and physical examination
History Taking in Pediatric Neurology
A child with Global developmental delay
Very commonly patients with global developmental delay are kept in the examination. Taking history and completing full examination can be quite exhausting in all neurological cases. A proper format is therefore, important to finish history and examination without missing any points.
Read thisA child with SOL
This is a very brief case presentation on how to approach a child with an Intracranial tumor followed by viva oriented discussion on brainstem glioma
Read thisAcute disseminated encephalomyelitis - Viva questions
ADEM is one of the common differential in cases with history of regression of milestones. The guide will help with some of the commonly asked questions in clinical case presentation.
Read thisStroke in children
Although this is a theory post, It can be immensely helpful in answering viva questions for a long case. Amongst neuro cases in clinical exams, cases with stroke are fairly common.
Read thisHistory Taking in Gastroenterology
A child with hepatosplenomegaly
This is a pediatric history taking and clinical examination format for a child presenting with hepatosplenomegaly and few other symptoms like jaundice, anemia, bleeding, etc. There are some handy tips alongside. This should be useful for the observed station in the OSCE exam also
Read thisInfant with Jaundice
History taking and Clinical case presentation on an 8-month-old baby presenting with jaundice and pale-colored stool
Read thisRespiratory History Taking
A child with chronic lung disease
History taking and Clinical case presentation in a child with chronic cough and frequent respiratory illnesses.
Read thisHistory Taking for short cases
Despite the short, history and examination time allotted to them, short cases are excellent in testing focused history and clinical examination skills
A syndromic child
This guide outline general approach to attempt a short case prsentation in exams. It covers history and examination for a Dysmorphic child with Seckel syndrome.
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