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Paediatrics Resources
A focused collection of MedNext study and clinical-reference tools for Paediatrics, connecting chapter learning, question practice and bedside reference in one place.
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Paediatrics is not simply small-adult medicine. Physiology, drug dosing, normal ranges and the disease spectrum all shift with age, and examiners test whether you have internalised those differences. Weight-based prescribing and age-adjusted vital signs are recurring themes.
The specialty rewards a calm, structured approach to the sick child and the febrile infant, alongside a firm grasp of growth, development and the neonatal period.
High-yield paediatrics topics to master
The febrile child
Traffic-light risk assessment, the serious-bacterial-infection workup, and the threshold for investigation and admission by age.
Neonatal jaundice
Physiological versus pathological jaundice, the timing that signals danger, and the treatment thresholds for phototherapy and exchange transfusion.
Growth and development
Interpreting growth centiles, the developmental milestones, and recognising failure to thrive and developmental delay.
Paediatric emergencies
The structured assessment of the sick child, paediatric early warning scores, and the age-appropriate resuscitation principles.
Weight-based prescribing
Why paediatric dosing is calculated per kilogram, the safe-prescribing checks, and the drugs with important paediatric considerations.
Common childhood illness
Bronchiolitis, croup, gastroenteritis and the exanthems, with the features that distinguish the benign from the serious.
What is in the Paediatrics collection
Reference tools for this specialty
- Apgar, PEWS, Growth Centiles, Paediatric GCS
- Febrile child, neonatal jaundice - 4 DDx presentations
- Age-adjusted drug dosing in formulary (117 paediatric-specific drugs)
How MedNext supports Paediatrics
Paediatric scoring tools sit in context, including the Apgar score, paediatric early warning scores, growth centiles and the paediatric Glasgow Coma Scale.
Differential-diagnosis frameworks cover the febrile child and neonatal jaundice, two of the highest-stakes paediatric presentations.
Age-adjusted dosing is built into the drug formulary, which carries a large set of paediatric-specific entries so you learn weight-based prescribing in context.
This specialty layer sits on top of the wider MedNext platform: 410 clinician-written chapters across 19 subjects, a bank of over 50,000 MCQs with explanations deep-linked to the chapter that teaches them, and 1,562 visual cheat sheets for rapid pre-exam revision. Tool availability varies by MedNext plan.
How to study Paediatrics
Learn the normal before the abnormal. Fluency with age-appropriate vital signs, growth centiles and milestones is what lets you spot the sick child quickly.
Treat prescribing as a core skill. Practise weight-based calculations until they are automatic, because they are both examined and safety-critical.
Rehearse the febrile-child and jaundice pathways, then consolidate the milestones and normal ranges with spaced repetition.
Paediatrics: frequently asked questions
How is paediatrics different from adult medicine?
Physiology, normal ranges, drug dosing and the disease spectrum all vary with age. Weight-based prescribing and age-adjusted assessment are the recurring themes examiners test.
What are the must-know paediatric emergencies?
The septic or seriously unwell febrile child, significant neonatal jaundice, and the structured resuscitation of the sick child using paediatric early warning tools.
Does MedNext cover paediatric drug dosing?
Yes. Age-adjusted, weight-based dosing is built into the formulary, which includes a large set of paediatric-specific drug entries.
Provenance and verification
Written and reviewed by the MedNext clinical content team against standard references (WHO, NICE, ICMR, API, BNF and the NMC competency framework). Last verified February 2026. Clinical reference tools are learning aids and revision resources, not a substitute for local protocols or bedside clinical judgement.
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