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  • Acute upper airway obstruction
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Acute_upper_airway_obstruction/
    be laterally behind tonsil Dysphagia and drooling Peritonsillar abscess (quinsy) Severe sore throat (often … unilateral) Hot potato/muffled voice Trismus Swollen posterior palate and tonsil, with medial displacement … of tonsil and deviation of the uvula Epiglottitis Inadequate Hib immunisation or immunocompromised High …
  • Sore throat
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Sore_throat/
    with paediatric/ENT outpatient follow-up when 7 episodes of sore throat/tonsillitis in 1 year 5 infections/year … oral intake Parent information Kids Health Info: Tonsillitis Australian Commission on safety …
  • Cerebral palsy - pain and irritability
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Cerebral_Palsy_Pain_and_Irritability/
    Infection Upper or lower respiratory tract infection with increased secretions Pharyngitis/tonsillitis …
  • Immigrant health - acute presentations
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Immigrant_Health_acute_presentations/
    requirements Behavioural issues Excess milk intake Enlarged tonsils Malnutrition - may need admission Food …
  • Foreign body ingestion
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Foreign_body_ingestion/
    in the oropharynx Require urgent ENT evaluation Fish bones may lodge in tonsils and require removal Oesophageal Food …
  • Abdominal pain - acute
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Abdominal_pain_-_acute/
    purpura Hip pathology Migraine Myocarditis/pericarditis Respiratory tract infections ( tonsillitis …
  • Antimicrobial guidelines
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Antimicrobial_guidelines/
    to cover M. pneumoniae and other atypical pathogens and Oseltamivir to cover influenza virus Tonsillitis …