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Pediatrics

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  1. Which two vaccines are given to newborns in Brazil's national immunisation schedule at birth?
  2. At what ages is the pentavalent vaccine (DTP, hepatitis B and Hib) given in the first year of life in Brazil?
  3. A child has severe dehydration with lethargy and a weak pulse. What is the treatment?
  4. Until what age is exclusive breastfeeding recommended?
  5. A 3-year-old has fever for 6 days, bilateral conjunctivitis without discharge, red cracked lips and swollen hands. What is the treatment?
  6. Jaundice appearing in the first 24 hours of life suggests what?
  7. What is the main treatment of a first episode of bronchiolitis in an infant with mild hypoxaemia?
  8. A child has a barking cough, hoarseness and inspiratory stridor, with a steeple sign on a neck radiograph. What treatment is used?
  9. At about what age do most infants sit without support?
  10. A baby born at 3.2 kg is expected to follow the rule of tripling the birth weight by 12 months. What weight is expected at one year?
  11. Which test, done on a heel-prick sample between the third and fifth day of life, screens for congenital hypothyroidism?
  12. A 4-week-old boy has projectile non-bilious vomiting after each feed and a palpable olive-shaped mass. Which metabolic disturbance is expected?
  13. A 9-month-old has intermittent colicky pain, red currant-jelly stool and a sausage-shaped abdominal mass. What is the first-line treatment in a stable child?
  14. Which statement about a simple febrile seizure is correct?
  15. Which drug is the usual first choice for uncomplicated acute otitis media in a child?
  16. A child has fever, cough, coryza, conjunctivitis and white spots on the buccal mucosa. Which action is appropriate?
  17. A child of 12 kg needs paracetamol at 15 mg/kg per dose. The drops contain 200 mg/mL. What volume is given per dose?
  18. In Brazil's iron supplementation programme, who receives routine prophylactic iron?
  19. Which bacterium is the leading cause of early-onset neonatal sepsis, and what is the usual empirical regimen?
  20. Which cardiac defect is most associated with Down syndrome?

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