Investigations

Question 1

formal tests used to assess acuity in infants and young children
Birth – 9 months

Answer 1

Teller cards, Keeler cards

Question 2

formal tests used to assess acuity in infants and young children
9 months – 18 months

Answer 2

Cardiff cards

Question 3

formal tests used to assess acuity in infants and young children
18 months - 30 months

Answer 3

Kays pictures

Question 4

formal tests used to assess acuity in infants and young children
24 months – 48 months

Answer 4

Sheridan Gardner singles

Question 5

formal tests used to assess acuity in infants and young children
36 months upwards

Answer 5

Snellen or LogMAR tests eg Glascow acuity cards

Question 6

SOGS stands for?

Answer 6

Schedule of growing skills

Question 7

4-month-old baby is brought to the Emergency Department with vomiting for the past 3 days. His mother describes the vomiting as projectile that occurs after every feed and is not settling

Which of the following investigations would be most useful to determine the diagnosis?

CT Scan
Abdominal X-Ray
Stool Cultures
Abdominal USS

Answer 7

Abdominal Ultrasound

Question 8

3-month-old presents to the emergency department and is diagnosed with a urinary tract infection (UTI). She responds well to antibiotic treatment within the following 48 hours.

Recommended first line test or investigation for UTI

Answer 8

Clean catch urine

Question 9

intussusception first line investigation

Answer 9

Ultrasound scan

Question 10

In a child who is suspected to have Kawasaki disease which investigation do you need to carry out to rule out one of the rare complications of this type of vasculitis

Answer 10

Echocardiogram to rule out coronary artery aneurysms