Paediatric Cardiovascular Examination

May 19, 2025
Paediatrics
No Comments

It is very common that we perform a cardiovascular examination in paediatrics, particularly in babies, but we will often leave out key steps which would be expected in a clinical exam setting. The examination laid out below is for a thorough paediatric cardiovascular examination for OSCE / clinical exam purposes, but should also be useful for clinical practice

Contents

Examination
Chest Wall Scars
Different Defects and Their Clinical Manifestations
Syndromes Associated with Cardiac Defects

Examination

Chest Wall Scars

Different Defects and Their Clinical Manifestations

Syndromes Associated with Cardiac Defects

Written and by Dr Bex Evans, Paediatric Registrar

How useful was this post?

Click on a star to rate it!

Average rating 4.5 / 5. Vote count: 8

No votes so far! Be the first to rate this post.

Applying to Paediatrics

On the one hand, you wear a Disney lanyard, with a pocket stuffed...

Febrile Convulsions

Febrile convulsions are a common presentation in paediatrics....

Brief Resolved Unexplained Event (BRUE)

BRUE's are a common presentation for young babies and can be...

Favourites

Trending Now

Resident Doctor's Pay Calculator 2026

We’ve created a pay calculator to help you better understand your salary, how much tax you’ll...

Understanding the MSRA

The Multiple Specialty Recruitment Assessment (MSRA) is a computer-based exam increasingly being used...

Passing the Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA)

The PSA is aimed at final year medical students and those graduating overseas to assess their competency...

Paracetamol Overdose

Paracetamol overdose is a common presentation in A&E and so you may often find yourself looking after...

Prepare for FY1 Guide by Specialty

This amazing guide was created by so many amazing doctors like yourself helping each other. It is a snapshot...

Abdominal X-rays

The advantages of AXRs are far less radiation to patients & that they’re logistically easy...

Common Viral Infections (exanthem) in Paediatrics

Viral infections are extremely common in paediatrics and a common presentation to paediatric A&E...

Cookie	Duration	Description
CookieLawInfoConsent	1 year	Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie.
elementor	never	This cookie is used by the website's WordPress theme. It allows the website owner to implement or change the website's content in real-time.
ts	3 years	PayPal sets this cookie to enable secure transactions through PayPal.
ts_c	3 years	PayPal sets this cookie to make safe payments through PayPal.

Cookie	Duration	Description
__gads	1 year 24 days	The __gads cookie, set by Google, is stored under DoubleClick domain and tracks the number of times users see an advert, measures the success of the campaign and calculates its revenue. This cookie can only be read from the domain they are set on and will not track any data while browsing through other sites.
_ga	2 years	The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.
_ga_JTKPJH76PR	2 years	This cookie is installed by Google Analytics.
_ga_YWWRL63QWR	2 years	This cookie is installed by Google Analytics.
_gat_gtag_UA_47244801_11	1 minute	Set by Google to distinguish users.
_gid	1 day	Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.
CONSENT	2 years	YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data.

Cookie	Duration	Description
__gpi	1 year 24 days	No description
_clck	1 year	No description
_clsk	1 day	No description
CLID	1 year	No description
m	2 years	No description available.
peclosed	7 days	No description
PushSubscriberStatus	7 days	No description
SM	session	No description available.

Cookie	Duration	Description
ANONCHK	10 minutes	The ANONCHK cookie, set by Bing, is used to store a user's session ID and also verify the clicks from ads on the Bing search engine. The cookie helps in reporting and personalization as well.
IDE	1 year 24 days	Google DoubleClick IDE cookies are used to store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads and according to the user profile.
MUID	1 year 24 days	Bing sets this cookie to recognize unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics, and other operations.
test_cookie	15 minutes	The test_cookie is set by doubleclick.net and is used to determine if the user's browser supports cookies.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	5 months 27 days	A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.
YSC	session	YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages.

Paediatric Cardiovascular Examination

Examination

Chest Wall Scars

Different Defects and Their Clinical Manifestations

Syndromes Associated with Cardiac Defects

Related Posts

Leave a Comment Cancel Reply

Follow us

Favourites

Newsletter

Trending Now

Sign up for our awesome resources & exclusive discount codes!

Join 80,000+ users who have signed up for our free weekly webinars, referral cheat sheet, pay calculator & exclusive discount codes for Pastest, Quesmed, Medibuddy and many others!