A 7-year-old girl presents to the Paediatric A&E with a 3 week history of increasing pain in her right hip.…
The Limping Child (Perthes disease)
Investigating a child presenting with a limping gait to your Paediatric Emergency Department.…
An Erythematous Eruption
A 4-year-old boy presented to ED due to a 5 day history of general malaise, pyrexia, coughing and a rash. He also developed pains in his legs over the last 24 hours, causing him difficulty in standing…
Polka Dots on a Tiny Tot
A 15-month-old presents to your Emergency Department with a rash and swelling on both legs and feet. The patient has a mild fever but is otherwise well.…
Don’t slip up
A 12-year-old boy presents with left knee pain.…
The Limping Child
We’ve all seen limping children. Maybe some of us have even had limping children. Some departments have excellent management strategies and pathways. Some don’t. Here’s some of our t…
Toddle On
Harry is a two-year-old boy who presents to the ED with a one day history of a limp…
Mini Mono
A 3-year-old girl presents to ED with a swollen left knee, limping. The swelling had started 9 days previously but had not initially caused any distress…
Interesting Case of a Limping Child
A six-year-old boy attends the Emergency Department with a two week history of pain in the foot, which had developed into a limp over the preceding 2 days.…
Lemons and Lymes
In late June, whilst on a school trip visiting a local nature reserve centre, a group of children were having a picnic and drinking lemonade after their play time.…
Tired purple legs
A 7-year-old girl presents with an acute, painful hot knee and a red-purple non-blanching rash.…
FRCEM Primary Paper 4
FRCEM Primary Examination Single Best Answer…
Not So Hip
A 6 year old boy with a background of sickle cell disease presents to the emergency department with two days of worsening right hip pain and unable to weight bear…
When your (kid’s) legs don’t work like they used to before
Sudden onset of refusal to walk and leg pain in a well young child.…
I’ve Got Your Back
4 year old child unable to weight bear, and inconsolable crying…
Eye – Initial Assessment
Eye problems account for approximately 6% of all attendances to an Emergency Department (ED) in the UK…
“The Limping Child” – radiology interpretation
Radiology interpretation…
Transient Synovitis
Commonly, not much is known about transient synovitis (TS), and for many ED clinicians, it is a diagnosis of exclusion, as when a patient presenting with hip pain…
What’s Wrong With My Elbow?
An 11-year-old boy presented to the Paediatric Emergency Department with a swelling to the lateral aspect of his left elbow.…
Wobbly Knees!
This toddler has no medical history of note. He is the 3rd of 4 children under 6 years. His mum cannot attend as she has a 1-week old and is breastfeeding…