Clinical Practice Guidelines
Neonatal Specific Clinical Practice Guidelines
There are a number of Clinical Practice Guidelines that are specific for neonatal patients. They are accessible in 2 ways:
1. The guidelines listed below may be viewed by clicking the link: Neonatal Guidelines
- Breast milk - administration to the wrong infant
- Endotracheal Tube Suction of Ventilated Neonates
- Nasopharyngeal (NPT) modified for Pierre Robin Sequence (PRS)
- Neonatal Bowel Washout (Rectal)
- Neonatal Extravasation
- Neonatal Eye Examination
- Neonatal Hypoglycaemia
- Neonatal Pain Assessment
- Newborn Screening Test
- Oxygen Saturation (SpO2) Level Targeting - Premature Neonates
- Skin care of the term baby and infant
- Sucrose (oral) for procedural pain management in infants
2. The following are accessed by clicking directly on the Guideline title:
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
- Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) therapy for the term/near term neonate
- Intermittent oesophageal pouch suction for the neonate/infant with unrepaired oesophageal atresia (including long-gap) (PDF)
- Replogle tube management (PDF)
- Sham feeding for infants with unrepaired long-gap oesophageal atresia (PDF)
Other Clinical Practice Guidelines
There are many other Royal Children's Hospital clinical practice guidelines accessible via the Royal Children's Hospital home-page: Clinical Practice Guidelines
