Egyptian Board Pediatrics study guide
Egyptian Board Pediatrics · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Egyptian Board Pediatrics (EBP) is a national specialty qualification for physicians who have completed their pediatric residency and wish to be recognized as consultants in pediatrics in Egypt. It is intended for candidates who already hold a primary medical degree and have finished accredited pediatric training. The Egyptian Board Pediatrics study guide has 12 sections and about 5,423 words.
01Growth, Development and Behavioral Pediatrics
The Growth, Development and Behavioral Pediatrics domain tests whether you can plot and interpret growth, recognise the normal timing of developmental milestones, and manage common behavioral presentations. Items are usually data-driven: you are given measurements or a milestone history and asked what is normal, what needs investigation, and what needs referral.
532 words, about 3 min02Neonatology and Perinatal Medicine
Neonatology and Perinatal Medicine covers delivery-room resuscitation, the preterm and growth-restricted infant, neonatal jaundice, respiratory distress, sepsis and newborn screening. Board items favour decision points: what to do in the first minute, which bilirubin needs treatment, and which antenatal or postnatal intervention changes outcome.
451 words, about 2 min03Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunization
This domain tests the routine immunisation schedule, vaccine contraindications and catch-up rules, plus recognition and empirical management of common and life-threatening childhood infections. Egyptian items often combine a vaccination history with a clinical scenario and ask what to give next.
495 words, about 2 min04Pediatric Respiratory and Allergy
Respiratory and Allergy questions test pattern recognition (wheeze versus stridor versus crackles), severity grading, and the specific drugs that change outcome. Examiners frequently contrast conditions that look alike in infants, so focus on the discriminating features and on what you should not do.
461 words, about 2 min05Pediatric Cardiology
Cardiology items test your ability to triage a murmur, distinguish cyanotic from acyanotic congenital disease, recognise duct-dependent circulation, and manage the two acquired conditions that dominate the region: acute rheumatic fever and Kawasaki disease. Innocent murmurs are soft, systolic, without a thrill, with a normal second heart sound, and vary with posture; the child is asymptomatic and thriving.
442 words, about 2 min06Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
This domain tests nutritional assessment and rehabilitation, the surgical causes of neonatal and infant vomiting, acute and persistent diarrhoea, and cholestatic liver disease. Questions tend to be sequential: recognise the pattern, choose the first investigation, then choose the first management step.
432 words, about 2 min07Pediatric Nephrology and Urology
Nephrology and Urology items test the nephrotic versus nephritic distinction, the timing and interpretation of imaging after urinary tract infection, fluid and electrolyte emergencies, and the timing of surgery for common urological anomalies. Triad: heavy proteinuria, hypoalbuminaemia below 2.5 g/dL and oedema, with hyperlipidaemia.
435 words, about 2 min08Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
Endocrinology items test protocol recall: how to run a diabetic ketoacidosis resuscitation safely, when to start levothyroxine in congenital hypothyroidism, how congenital adrenal hyperplasia presents, and which auxological pattern points to an endocrine cause of short stature. Criteria: glucose above 200 mg/dL, pH below 7.3, bicarbonate below 15 mmol/L, with ketonaemia.
428 words, about 2 min09Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Hematology items test systematic anaemia classification with the reticulocyte count and red cell indices, recognition of haemolytic disease, and safe management of bleeding disorders. Oncology items test early recognition of common childhood tumours and emergency management of febrile neutropenia and tumour lysis.
424 words, about 2 min10Pediatric Neurology
Neurology items test seizure classification and emergency sequencing, the discrimination of benign from sinister headache, recognition of neuromuscular patterns, and the static versus progressive distinction in motor disorders. Febrile seizures occur at 6 months to 5 years; a simple one is generalised, lasts under 15 minutes and does not recur within 24 hours.
413 words, about 2 min11Pediatric Emergency, Critical Care and Toxicology
Emergency and critical care items test structured assessment, resuscitation numbers that must be automatic, shock and fluid strategy, and antidote pairing in poisoning. Toxicology questions are usually single-best-answer: identify the toxidrome, name the antidote, and state the window for decontamination.
427 words, about 2 min12Community Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine and Ethics
Community and preventive items test the population-level package that keeps children alive: immunisation delivery, growth monitoring, nutrition supplementation, oral rehydration, injury prevention and screening. Ethics items test consent, assent, confidentiality, best interests and end-of-life decisions, often in an adolescent scenario.
483 words, about 2 min