Paediatrics

at a Glance

Lawrence Miall, Mary Rudolf, Dominic Smith

Multiple Choice: Chapter 31 Acute abdominal pain

Question 1. Which of the following is true of abdominal pain in children?

(a) Severe pain associated with blood in the stools in a 6 month old is probably constipation and can be treated with lactulose
(b) Peptic ulcer pain is typically worse just before meals and exacerbated by milk or other dairy products
(c) Abdominal pain with a rash on the buttocks is typical of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
(d) In acute abdominal pain with fever a urine dipstix should be performed
(e) In appendicitis the pain typically starts in the right iliac fossa and moves towards the umbilicus in a few hours