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Poor feeding in infants and children — branching viva
Branching viva on threat-first neonatal poor feeding, feed observation, cardiac and aspiration mimics, PFD/ARFID framing and tube exit plans.
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Prompt
You are the paediatric registrar. The examiner will move from an acute neonate who has stopped feeding well to a preschooler with severe selectivity, challenging your triage, differential and multidisciplinary plan.
Stem
You are covering acute and clinic paediatrics. The examiner will challenge threat triage, mechanism classification and long-term feeding plans. [5] [1]
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