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  • Abdominal pain - acute
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Abdominal_pain_-_acute/
       Pancreatitis Hepatitis Inflammatory bowel disease  Pelvic inflammatory disease Renal calculi Epididymitis Hip … eg for pancreatitis Venous blood gas for lactate/acidosis Blood glucose for DKA LFTs, lipase and UEC … quadrant Pancreatitis Cholecystitis Cholelithiasis Gastritis/peptic ulcer disease Pleural effusion …
  • Oral Hypoglycaemic Poisoning
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Oral_Hypoglycaemic_Poisoning/
    ) Sulfonylureas Sulfonylurea agents increase pancreatic insulin secretion They are the most important cause … release from pancreatic cells Dose: Children - 1 microgram/kg IV bolus (maximum 50 microgram) followed …
  • Cerebral palsy - pain and irritability
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Cerebral_Palsy_Pain_and_Irritability/
    Constipation Gastro-oesophageal reflux Gallstones Pancreatitis Gastro-intestinal motility disorders/dumping …
  • Local anaesthetic poisoning
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Local_anaesthetic_poisoning/
    with laboratory testing Pancreatitis (rare) Venous thromboembolism (rare) Pulmonary hypertension Acute lung injury …
  • Hypoglycaemia
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Hypoglycaemia/
    diabetic mother, macrosomia, syndrome (eg Beckwith-Wiedemann), pancreatic dysfunction, adrenal …
  • Hypocalcaemia
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Hypocalcaemia/
    bisphosphonates, calcitonin Metastasis/tumour lysis syndrome Pancreatitis Blood transfusion Assessment History …
  • Henoch-Schönlein purpura
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/HenochSchonlein_Purpura/
    ischaemia, necrosis or perforation, protein-losing enteropathy, pancreatitis Genital Testicular pain +/- …
  • Slow weight gain
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Slow_weight_gain/
    ) Pancreatic insufficiency eg Cystic fibrosis Chronic diarrhoea Chronic liver disease Excessive caloric …
  • Seizures - acute management
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Seizures_-_acute_management/
    reaction or signs of hypersensitivity (with or without rash), hepatotoxicity or pancreatitis occur 3 rd …
  • Child abuse
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Child_abuse/
    organ injury Any Unexplained Pancreatic trauma / pseudocyst Unexplained encephalopathy Any altered …