Scenario
A mother brings to your emergency department her 4 day old boy with a 24 hour history of poor feeding and rapid breathing. He also had 2 episodes where he appeared to stop breathing for a few seconds.
Question
Describe your assessment of this baby. (100%)
Answer
FACEM SAQ Exam 2008.2 – Question 7
- The overall pass rate for this question was 46/81 (56.8%).
- Pass Criteria
- The markers felt that this was a reasonable question which was largely poorly answered – hence the relatively low pass rate.
- Good answers included assessment aimed at a wide differential which needed to include significant conditions such as sepsis and cardio-pulmonary disease.
- Features of unsuccessful answers
- Poor answers failed to include an adequate differential or failed to do a focussed history, examination or a septic workup.
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