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  • Bronchiolitis
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Bronchiolitis/
    Bronchiolitis …Clinical Practice Guidelines : Bronchiolitis The Royal …   >   Clinical Practice Guidelines   >   Bronchiolitis In this section About Clinical Practice Guidelines CPG …
  • Assessment of severity of respiratory conditions
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Assessment_of_severity_of_respiratory_conditions/
    of severity of respiratory conditions PIC Endorsed See also Acute asthma Bronchiolitis Croup Pneumonia … children with respiratory presentations. For example, wheeze in  Asthma  and  Bronchiolitis , and stridor …
  • Immigrant health - acute presentations
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Immigrant_Health_acute_presentations/
    Malaria Respiratory symptoms Viral RTI Pneumonia, Asthma Bronchiolitis Croup Pertussis: vaccination may … may present with acute chest syndrome Pneumonia Asthma Bronchiolitis Croup Cough Immigrant health -TB …
  • Nasogastric fluids
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Nasogastric_fluids/
    illness interferes with usual intake eg bronchiolitis , gingivostomatitis, viral infection Replacement … 3-hourly feeds in mild-moderate bronchiolitis, or in recovery phase) Breast feeding can usually continue … for infants with bronchiolitis: a randomised trial’,  The Lancet Respiratory Medicine , Vol 1(2), pp 113-120 …
  • COVID-19
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/COVID-19/
    COVID-19 PIC Endorsed See also Bronchiolitis Community acquired pneumonia COVID-19 swabbing Croup PIMS-TS … clinical status and illness syndrome (See:  Bronchiolitis ,  Croup ,  Pneumonia , Gastroenteritis , Asthma … of a localised infective focus and clinical syndrome (eg bronchiolitis) Maintain a low threshold for assessment …
  • Admission criteria for general medicine SSU and IPU
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Admission_criteria_for_general_medicine_SSU_and_IPU/
    to be in hospital e.g. children with asthma who have just completed burst therapy or bronchiolitis. We can only ask …
  • Preschool asthma (1-5 years)
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Preschool_asthma_(1-5_years)/
    ) Bronchiolitis Key points This guideline provides advice for diagnosing and managing preschool aged children … by bronchiolitis Currently there are no valid ways of sub-typing children with preschool wheeze/asthma. Previously …
  • Acute asthma
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Acute_asthma/
    school aged children (6-11 years) Preschool asthma (1-5 years) Anaphylaxis Bronchiolitis Key points … of age presenting with wheeze are likely to have  bronchiolitis that does not respond to bronchodilator …
  • Febrile child
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Febrile_child/
    in infants with severe bronchiolitis. European Journal of Pediatrics. 2021;180(3):833-42. Biondi EA, Lee B …. Assessing the Utility of Urine Testing in Febrile Infants 2 to 12 Months of Age With Bronchiolitis …
  • Hyponatraemia
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Hyponatraemia/
    Metabolic alkalosis Increased ADH secretion (SIADH): Pulmonary: pneumonia, bronchiolitis, mechanical …