OMSB Pediatrics (OEPEDS) case studies
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The OMSB Pediatrics examination is one of the board examinations administered by the Oman Medical Specialty Board (OMSB), an autonomous Omani body whose stated mission is developing specialized physicians and assuring the competencies of health care professionals. OMSB describes its educational portfolio as 18 programs covering different specialties of medicine, with Pediatrics listed among them, and delivers board examinations through its Examination Department, which is organized into a Written Examination Section, a Clinical Examination Section, an Item Bank Section and an Examination Coordination Section. The OMSB Pediatrics (OEPEDS) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,150 words.
1Late-Preterm Infant With Asymptomatic Hypoglycemia at 30 Hours
A 35-week-and-2-day male infant, birth weight 2.55 kg, is now 30 hours old in the newborn nursery. His mother had diet-controlled gestational diabetes and received no antenatal steroids.
675 words, about 3 min2Three-Week-Old With Weak Femoral Pulses and Ductal-Dependent Circulation
A 3-week-old girl is brought to the emergency department with 2 days of poor feeding, tachypnea, and intermittent duskiness during feeds. She was born at term, discharged at 48 hours, and has not been reviewed since.
638 words, about 3 min3Bloody Diarrhea, Oliguria, and Thrombocytopenia After Undercooked Beef
A 4-year-old boy, previously well and weighing 16 kg, presents with 5 days of bloody diarrhea and crampy abdominal pain. He ate undercooked hamburger at a fair 6 days ago.
577 words, about 3 min4Prolonged Febrile Seizure in an Under-Vaccinated Toddler
An 18-month-old girl weighing 11 kg is brought to the emergency department after 12 minutes of generalized tonic–clonic seizure. She had a fever of 39.2°C and a runny nose for 1 day.
651 words, about 3 min5New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes With Moderate Diabetic Ketoacidosis
A 9-year-old boy weighing 32 kg is brought to the emergency department with 3 weeks of polyuria and polydipsia, 2 days of vomiting and abdominal pain, and increasing drowsiness. His heart rate is 125/min, blood pressure 95/60 mm Hg, respiratory rate 30/min with deep breathing, and capillary refill 3 seconds.
609 words, about 3 min