red flags

Question 1

red flags for headache

Answer 1

• rapidly expanding headsiz ein infnats
• effotless vomiting in morning
• preschool
• waking at night/early morning headache
• worse on coughing/sneezing/straining/bending over
• change in behaviour, sleepy
• change in cognitive ability/handwriting/balance difficulties
• new squint

Question 2

red flags for heart murmur in infants

Answer 2

• other dysmorphic signs
• are they blue?
• poor feeding
• sweating (babies shouldn’t sweat)
• failure to thrive
• colour changes
• low volume femoral pulse
• low oxygen sats
• liver edge
• gallop rhythms

Question 3

red flags for heart murmur in children

Answer 3

• fatigue
• breathlessness
• same as babies ones

Question 4

red flags for cough

Answer 4

• night time waking with cough/wheeze/SOB or obstructive symptoms
• failure to thrive
• other recurrent infections

Question 5

common causes of cough in children

Answer 5

• postnasal drip
• reflux
• chest
• habit

Question 6

red flags for abdo pain

Answer 6

• failure to thrive
• bilious or bloody vomiting
• bloody stools or symptoms of IBD