Pediatrics exam questions
3 exam-length papers covering every published domain for Pediatrics.
DHA PED53913 papers · 515 Qs
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Q1Professionalism, Ethics, Patient Safety, Preventive & Community Pediatrics
Parents of a healthy 18-month-old, weight 11 kg and height 82 cm, ask when to turn his car seat to face forward. What is the most appropriate advice?
Choose an answer to see the rationale.
Q2Growth, Development, Adolescent Medicine & Behavioral Pediatrics
According to current preventive care recommendations, from what age should all adolescents be screened routinely for major depressive disorder using a validated instrument at health supervision visits?
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- ✓Every sub-topic in the published blueprint
Exam route by authority
| Authority | Delivered by | Specialist title |
|---|---|---|
| DHA - Dubai | Prometric | Computer-based MCQ |
| DOH - Abu Dhabi | Pearson VUE | Computer-based MCQ |
| MOHAP - Northern Emirates | Prometric | Computer-based MCQ |
| SCFHS - Saudi Arabia | Prometric / Pearson | Computer-based MCQ |
| QCHP - Qatar | Prometric | Computer-based MCQ |
| NHRA - Bahrain | Prometric | Computer-based MCQ |
| OMSB - Oman | Prometric | MCQ then oral viva |
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What the Pediatrics exam covers
The published blueprint for this exam breaks into 13 domains and 258 testable sub-topics. Our bank covers every one of them - here is the full map, so you can see exactly what you are expected to know.
Growth, Development, Adolescent Medicine & Behavioral Pediatrics~8% (est.)20 topics
- Normal growth: WHO/CDC growth charts, plotting, mid-parental height, growth velocity
- Failure to thrive: organic vs non-organic causes, evaluation and refeeding
- Short stature: constitutional delay, familial, GH deficiency, Turner syndrome, bone-age interpretation
- Tall stature and overgrowth syndromes (Marfan, Sotos, Beckwith-Wiedemann)
- Developmental milestones: gross motor, fine motor, language, social/adaptive by age
- Developmental delay and global developmental delay: red flags and first-line workup
- +14 more in the bank
Neonatology & Perinatal Medicine (NICU)~9% (est.)20 topics
- Neonatal resuscitation (NRP algorithm), delayed cord clamping, thermoregulation
- APGAR scoring, gestational-age assessment (Ballard) and classification (SGA/AGA/LGA)
- Respiratory distress syndrome, surfactant therapy and antenatal steroids
- Transient tachypnea of the newborn, meconium aspiration, pneumothorax and air leak
- Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn and inhaled nitric oxide
- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia and chronic lung disease of prematurity
- +14 more in the bank
Acute Care, Pediatric Emergency & Critical Care (PICU)~10% (est.)20 topics
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support: recognition of respiratory failure and shock, PALS algorithms
- Cardiopulmonary arrest, rhythm recognition, defibrillation and drug dosing by weight
- Airway management: bag-mask, rapid sequence intubation, ETT sizing, difficult airway in children
- Shock: hypovolaemic, septic, cardiogenic, distributive, obstructive - fluid boluses and inotropes
- Sepsis and septic shock bundles, surviving-sepsis pediatric guidelines
- Status asthmaticus: escalation from salbutamol to magnesium, aminophylline and ventilation
- +14 more in the bank
Infectious Diseases, Immunology & Allergy~10% (est.)21 topics
- Fever without a source and fever in the neonate/young infant: risk stratification and workup
- Fever of unknown origin in children
- Meningitis and encephalitis: CSF interpretation, empiric therapy, dexamethasone, complications
- Sepsis and bacteraemia; occult bacteraemia in the vaccinated child
- Common exanthems: measles, rubella, varicella, roseola, erythema infectiosum, hand-foot-and-mouth, scarlet fever
- Group A streptococcal pharyngitis, Centor/McIsaac use, rheumatic fever and post-streptococcal GN
- +15 more in the bank
Respiratory Medicine~8% (est.)18 topics
- Asthma: GINA-based classification, controller step-up/step-down, inhaler technique and spacers
- Asthma action plans, adherence and trigger avoidance
- Bronchiolitis: RSV, supportive care, high-flow oxygen, palivizumab/nirsevimab prophylaxis
- Community-acquired pneumonia: aetiology by age, imaging, oral vs IV antibiotics
- Complicated pneumonia: empyema, parapneumonic effusion, lung abscess and drainage
- Croup, stridor and the noisy-breathing infant (laryngomalacia, tracheomalacia, vascular ring)
- +12 more in the bank
Cardiovascular Medicine~7% (est.)20 topics
- Innocent vs pathological murmurs and the approach to a murmur by age
- Acyanotic congenital heart disease: VSD, ASD, PDA, AVSD, coarctation, aortic/pulmonary stenosis
- Cyanotic congenital heart disease: tetralogy of Fallot, TGA, TAPVR, truncus, tricuspid atresia, HLHS
- Duct-dependent lesions, prostaglandin E1 and the collapsed neonate
- Hyperoxia test, CCHD pulse-oximetry screening and cyanosis differential
- Tet spells: recognition and stepwise management
- +14 more in the bank
Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition~8% (est.)20 topics
- Acute gastroenteritis: rotavirus, oral rehydration, zinc, antiemetics and antibiotic indications
- Chronic diarrhoea and malabsorption: coeliac disease, giardiasis, toddler's diarrhoea
- Constipation and functional faecal retention; disimpaction and maintenance therapy
- Hirschsprung disease vs functional constipation; rectal biopsy
- Gastro-oesophageal reflux vs GERD in infants; thickened feeds, PPIs and red flags
- Vomiting in infancy: pyloric stenosis, malrotation with volvulus, intussusception
- +14 more in the bank
Endocrinology, Metabolic Disease & Genetics~8% (est.)20 topics
- Type 1 diabetes mellitus: presentation, insulin regimens, pumps/CGM, sick-day rules
- Type 2 diabetes and monogenic diabetes (MODY) in youth
- Diabetic ketoacidosis and hypoglycaemia management
- Congenital hypothyroidism and acquired hypothyroidism/Hashimoto thyroiditis
- Hyperthyroidism and Graves disease in children; neonatal thyrotoxicosis
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia, salt-wasting crisis and disorders of sex development
- +14 more in the bank
Hematology & Oncology~7% (est.)20 topics
- Iron deficiency anaemia: causes, investigation, oral iron therapy and prevention
- Thalassaemia major/intermedia and alpha thalassaemia: transfusion, chelation, HSCT
- Sickle cell disease: vaso-occlusive crisis, acute chest syndrome, splenic sequestration, stroke, hydroxyurea
- G6PD deficiency and hereditary spherocytosis; haemolytic anaemia workup
- Aplastic anaemia, Diamond-Blackfan anaemia, transient erythroblastopenia of childhood
- Megaloblastic anaemia: B12 and folate deficiency
- +14 more in the bank
Nephrology, Urology, Fluids & Electrolytes~7% (est.)19 topics
- Maintenance fluids (Holliday-Segar), isotonic vs hypotonic fluids and deficit replacement
- Hyponatraemia and hypernatraemia: causes, correction rates and complications
- Hyperkalaemia and hypokalaemia; ECG changes and emergency management
- Acid-base disorders and anion gap interpretation in children
- Nephrotic syndrome: minimal change disease, steroid therapy, relapse, complications
- Acute glomerulonephritis: post-streptococcal, IgA nephropathy, membranoproliferative
- +13 more in the bank
Neurology & Neurodevelopmental Disorders~7% (est.)19 topics
- Febrile seizures: simple vs complex, parental counselling and recurrence risk
- Epilepsy syndromes: absence, benign rolandic, juvenile myoclonic, infantile spasms/West, Lennox-Gastaut, Dravet
- Antiseizure medication selection, monitoring, teratogenicity and ketogenic diet
- Status epilepticus and non-convulsive status
- Cerebral palsy: classification (GMFCS), spasticity management and multidisciplinary care
- Neural tube defects, hydrocephalus, VP shunt and shunt malfunction
- +13 more in the bank
Musculoskeletal, Rheumatology, Dermatology & ENT/Eye~5% (est.)20 topics
- The limping child: age-based differential and urgent exclusions
- Developmental dysplasia of the hip: Barlow/Ortolani, ultrasound, harness treatment
- Perthes disease, slipped capital femoral epiphysis and transient synovitis
- Septic arthritis and osteomyelitis vs reactive arthritis
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis: subtypes, uveitis screening, methotrexate and biologics
- Systemic lupus erythematosus, juvenile dermatomyositis and scleroderma in children
- +14 more in the bank
Professionalism, Ethics, Patient Safety, Preventive & Community Pediatrics~6% (est.)21 topics
- Consent and assent in minors; parental authority and the mature-minor concept
- Adolescent confidentiality and its limits; disclosure to parents
- Breaking bad news to families and communicating with children at their developmental level
- Child abuse and neglect: physical, sexual, emotional, Munchausen by proxy; recognition and mandatory reporting
- UAE/GCC child protection law and reporting pathways (Wadeema Law and equivalents)
- End-of-life care, do-not-resuscitate decisions, palliative care and withdrawal of treatment in children
- +15 more in the bank
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