PEM Pearls

Clinical reasoning in neonatology

Neonates are the masters of the nonspecific presentation- a high index of suspicion is required to identify the unwell neonate! 
One of the keys to early recognition of a sick neonate is taking a history of ADL's:  
If you don't know what normal feeding/eating/sleeping/crying is for a neonate, then how will you know what is abnormal?

Clinical reasoning in Neonatology by Lisa Gotley @ Paediatric Emergency Medicine Courses​
​Infographic by Charlotte Durand

Dr Alaa Ibrahim