Paediatrics Fact Sheets

Knowing your Paeds is vital. There isn’t a week dedicated to Paeds in the Auckland study timetable – be sure to cover relevant Paeds topics each week or you will miss a big chunk of the syllabus.

Bronchiolitis

Congenital Heart Disease

Croup

Epiglottitis

Fever in Children                               Very important

General Paediatrics

NAI

Paediatric Abdominal Pain

Paediatric Gastroenteritis                      Know your rehydration

Paediatric Orthopaedic Trauma

Paediatric Rashes

Paediatric and Neonatal Resus                 Very important

Pertussis

Rheumatic fever

SIDS/ALTE

Stridor

The Limping Child

Infectious Diseases Fact Sheets

A Summary of Antibiotics          I’ve never been able to remember antibiotics, and to be honest didn’t know this going into the exam…

Biological Warfare Agents

Body Fluid Exposure                  Very important

Febrile Traveller

General Infectious Diseases

HIV

Necrotising Fasciitis

Sepsis

Tetanus

Toxic Shock Syndrome

Tuberculosis

Viral infections fact sheet

Other topics that are also covered in other chapters:

Bronchiolitis

Croup

Epiglottitis

Fever in Children

Infective Endocarditis

Paediatric Gastroenteritis

Paediatric Rashes

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Pertussis

Rheumatic fever