• Abdominal pain - acute
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       Pancreatitis Hepatitis Inflammatory bowel disease  Pelvic inflammatory disease Renal calculi Epididymitis Hip … /rupture  Inflammatory bowel disease Hirschsprung associated enterocolitis (HAEC) Incarcerated hernia … Associated symptoms Causes Bloody diarrhoea Gastroenteritis Meckel diverticulum Inflammatory bowel disease …
  • Abdominal pain - chronic
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    of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) (eyes, skin, joints, perianal) History of reflux symptoms (heartburn …) History of painful or hard bowel movements Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD) Regurgitation, dysphagia … a primary gastrointestinal disorder or non-gastrointestinal disease Functional: the child has physical …
  • Hirschsprung associated enterocolitis HAEC
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    ) is the leading cause of significant morbidity and mortality in HD (Hirschsprung Disease) Mild HAEC can mimic … and surgical referral are necessary Background HAEC is an inflammatory disorder of the colon in children … Current management for HD (rectal bowel washout type and frequency) Type of definitive procedure Swenson - …
  • The limping or non-weight bearing child
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    (DDH) Transient hip synovitis Acute myositis Perthes disease Inflammatory arthritis Stress fractures … femoral epiphysis (SUFE) Inflammatory arthritis All ages Infections: osteomyelitis/septic arthritis … and severity of pain and limp, severe localised joint pain, pain waking from sleep Change to urinary or bowel …
  • Adolescent gynaecology - lower abdominal pain
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    inflammatory disease (PID) Risk factors (eg unprotected sex) Post coital bleeding Mucopurulent discharge Lower … +/- blood culture if high degree of concern for pelvic inflammatory disease or sepsis Assessment … surgical intervention Pelvic inflammatory disease Consider transfer when Needing advice regarding …
  • The acutely swollen joint
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    , widened wrists/ankles Inflammatory bowel disease Ulcerative colitis Crohn’s disease Fever, diarrhoea …, diarrhoea Recent illness Family history: haemophilia, autoimmune or inflammatory conditions Medication … Australians, Maori and Pacific Islanders; personal or family history of ARF or rheumatic heart disease …
  • Iron deficiency
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    Gastrointestinal disorders eg Meckel diverticulum, coeliac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, gastric … Gastrointestinal disorders eg coeliac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, gastric or intestinal surgery … not exclude iron deficiency in the presence of coexisting infection, inflammation or liver disease  Iron …
  • Non-IgE mediated food allergy
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    diagnoses Infectious gastroenteritis Early onset inflammatory bowel disease Bleeding disorder Infectious … gastroenteritis Early onset inflammatory bowel disease Coeliac disease (if age > 6 months and child has started … food allergy Anaphylaxis Eczema Unsettled or crying babies Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in infants …
  • Dysmenorrhoea
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    tract anomalies Adenomyosis Infection including pelvic inflammatory disease Ovarian cysts Assessment … or features suggestive of pelvic inflammatory disease Dysuria or dyschezia during menses Family history … (urinary, bowel, musculoskeletal) Impact on daily life: missing school, sports, social activities …
  • Primary immunodeficiencies
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    Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis (CRMO) Inflammatory bowel … disease Other autoinflammatory disorders Recurrent fevers Inflammatory arthritis or peritonitis Rash … disease and/or characteristic facial features Ectodermal dysplasia: absence of nails, thin hair, reduced …