Ama is an 8-year-old girl weighing 26 kg, referred from a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo with a 5-day history of fever, abdominal pain, and worsening consciousness. On arrival to the regional hospit…
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A 9-year-old boy, Kwesi, is brought to the paediatric emergency area of a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region by his mother with 4 hours of wheeze and respiratory difficulty. He is known to have a…
A 14-month-old girl, Abena, is brought to the outpatient department of a district hospital in the Upper West Region by her mother. She has had poor feeding for 3 weeks and bilateral leg swelling for 5…
Ama, a 7-year-old girl weighing 22 kg, is referred from a district hospital in the Upper East Region with 5 days of fever, inability to walk, and two witnessed seizures today. On arrival at the region…
An 18-month-old boy weighing 11 kg, named Yaw, is referred from a CHPS compound to the district hospital with a febrile seizure that began 20 minutes ago. He is actively seizing. No IV access is avail…
A 30-month-old boy, Kofi, is on day 3 of inpatient treatment for SAM (marasmus) at a district hospital in the Bono East Region. He was admitted with MUAC 10.1 cm and WHZ −4.1. He received the standard…
A 2-year-old girl, Afia, is brought to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital emergency centre. She has had colicky abdominal pain and vomiting for 18 hours. Her mother reports she passed a small amount of bl…
Kofi, a 4-year-old boy with HbSS, weighing 16 kg, presents to the district hospital paediatric A&E with severe bilateral hand and foot swelling (dactylitis), fever, and inconsolable crying for 8 hours…
A 3-month-old boy, weighing 5.8 kg, is brought to the regional hospital paediatric A&E in Kumasi by his mother with a 2-day history of coryzal symptoms, worsening cough, and difficulty feeding. On exa…
A 19-day-old female neonate, birth weight 3.4 kg (now 3.5 kg), is brought to a district hospital in the Northern Region by her parents. She developed fever three days ago and has been feeding poorly f…
A 4-year-old boy, Kofi, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED after a fall from his own height while playing. His mother says he did not lose consciousness and cried immediately. He vomited once shortly aft…
Akua is an 8-month-old girl, 7 kg, referred from a CHPS compound to the district hospital with a 2-day history of vomiting and diarrhoea. She has been vomiting after every attempt at oral rehydration.…
A 2-year-old girl, Akosua, is brought to the emergency department of a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region by her mother after a witnessed fall from a chair (estimated height 50 cm) onto a tiled f…
A 6-year-old boy named Kwame, weighing 22 kg, is seen in a district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo after a road traffic collision. He was a restrained passenger. He is alert (GCS 15), complaining of head…
Abena, a 4-year-old girl, is brought to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo Region with a 2-day history of cough and fever. She is eating and drinking normally. On examination: temperature 38.2°C, HR 1…
A 14-month-old infant, Ama, is brought to a regional hospital ED in Ashanti by her father after she was found limp and not breathing in her cot. There is no history of fever or preceding illness. She …
Afia, a 9-year-old girl, is brought to the Komfo Anokye paediatric emergency unit after her teacher noticed she appeared dizzy and "her heart was racing" during a school physical education class. The …
A 4-year-old boy named Mohammed is brought to the Tamale Teaching Hospital ED with a 2-day history of gradually worsening sore throat, fever, and now difficulty swallowing and muffled voice. He appear…
A 10-day-old male neonate is brought to Korle Bu emergency centre by his mother. He was born at home and has been feeding poorly since day 3. Today he is not waking for feeds. Vitals: temperature 36.0…
A community health officer in the Savannah Region identifies a 26-month-old boy, Yaw, during a routine growth-monitoring visit. His MUAC is 11.8 cm and his WHZ is −2.5. He has no bilateral pitting oed…
A 7-year-old boy, Kwame, weight 22 kg, is brought to the district hospital in Brong-Ahafo with a 24-hour history of central abdominal pain that has migrated to the right iliac fossa, associated with o…
A 4-year-old boy, Yaw, is seen in the outpatient surgical clinic at a regional hospital in the Volta Region. His mother reports three episodes of colicky abdominal pain with vomiting over the past 6 m…
A 4-year-old girl, Yaa, is seen in the surgical outpatient clinic at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital with a 3-week history of intermittent colicky abdominal pain and occasional passage of blood per rectum.…
A 4-year-old girl, Ama, is referred from a district hospital in the Northern Region to Tamale Teaching Hospital with a 3-day history of recurrent colicky abdominal pain, vomiting, and intermittent pas…
A paediatric surgical registrar at the University of Ghana Medical Centre is performing an emergency laparotomy on an 8-month-old boy, Kwabena, for failed pneumatic reduction of ileocolic intussuscept…
A 4-year-old girl, Ama, is seen at the Komfo Anokye paediatric surgical outpatient clinic. Her mother reports she has had three separate episodes of colicky abdominal pain and vomiting over the past f…
During an elective paediatric surgical teaching session at the University of Ghana Medical Centre, a senior registrar is asked to describe the anatomical basis of the most common type of intussuscepti…
A 10-month-old female infant is brought to a district hospital in the Brong-Ahafo Region with a 12-hour history of episodic crying and vomiting. The attending medical officer suspects intussusception …
A 4-year-old boy, Kwame, presents to the Korle Bu paediatric surgical unit with a 3-day history of intermittent colicky abdominal pain and two episodes of passing blood per rectum. His mother notes he…
A 35-year-old man, Yaw, presents to the UGMC surgical outpatient clinic with a 3-year history of a slowly growing, painless right parotid swelling. He is otherwise well, non-smoker, and takes no regul…