Emergency Medicine - Abdominal Pain

This module covers the evaluation and management of:

children with abdominal pain with/without vomiting
children with acute surgical abdomen
infants with vomiting and abdominal pain

The module is made up of an introductory question and four clinical scenarios, each followed by a number of questions. The questions are a mixture of

multiple choice with one correct answer
multiple choice with more than one correct answer
questions involving the ordering of information

The correct answer is given for each question, followed by explanations for some questions.

References

NSW Health guidelines: Children and infants with acute abdominal pain - acute management
Sydney Children’s Hospital Network: Abdominal pain fact sheet

For further reading on paediatric emergency medicine, the following are recommended:

Browne et al Principles and Practice of Paediatric Emergency Medicine:
Cameron et al 2nd edition Textbook of Paediatric Emergency Medicine
Nelson Essentials of Pediatrics: -With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access, 6e

Introductory question
RyanScenario 1
TimmyScenario 2
LottaScenario 3
LucianScenario 4
BookmarkResume
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