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Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • Headache
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Headache/
    include CNS infection (meningitis, encephalitis), raised intracranial pressure and haemorrhage Headache …
  • Constipation
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Constipation/
    also  Abdominal pain Urinary incontinence Urinary tract infections Key points Constipation is a common …
  • Blood product prescription
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Blood_product_prescription/
    Mucositis Fever Sepsis/infection Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy APML Anticoagulation 20 x 10 9 /L …
  • Fascia iliaca block of the femoral nerve
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Fascia_iliaca_block_of_the_femoral_nerve/
    to theatre Contraindications Local anaesthetic allergy/anaphylaxis Open wound or signs of infection …
  • Intravenous fluids
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Intravenous_fluids/
    with severe infection’, N Engl J Med , vol. 364, pp. 2483-2495. McNab S, Duke T, South M, et al 2015, ‘140 …
  • Micronutrient deficiency
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Micronutrient_deficiency/
    conjunctiva, corneal ulceration, blindness Dry skin and pruritis Increased susceptibility to infection Poor …
  • Death of a child
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Death_of_a_child/
    handling is required, see local policies Infection or presence of radiopharmaceuticals in the child’s body …
  • Engaging with and assessing the adolescent patient
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Engaging_with_and_assessing_the_adolescent_patient/
    history taking in the adolescent Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) Management of eating disorders …

The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which the RCH is situated, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which the RCH is situated, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which the RCH is situated, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.