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Assessment of severity of respiratory conditions
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children with respiratory presentations. For example, wheeze in Asthma and Bronchiolitis , and stridor … of respiratory conditions The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Internet Home About News Careers Shop Contact … of severity of respiratory conditions PIC Endorsed See also Acute asthma Bronchiolitis Croup Pneumonia …
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Ketamine use for procedural sedation
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for procedural sedation The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Internet Home About News Careers Shop Contact … Management Communicating procedures to children Key points Ketamine is a safe and effective procedural … sedation option for children in the emergency department setting Ketamine is a potent sedative, amnestic …
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Immigrant health - acute presentations
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presentations The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Internet Home About News Careers Shop Contact SharePoint … hospital care in NSW, Queensland and Victoria Background Refugee and asylum seeker children/adolescents … or forced migration experience Pre-migration health checks are limited in children. Small numbers of refugee …
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Chest pain
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Children's Hospital Melbourne Internet Home About News Careers Shop Contact SharePoint Intranet Health … that is necessary Background Cardiac-related causes account for as few as 1% of children who present with chest pain … In children without risk factors for serious disease (see below), the most commonly identified causes of chest …
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Supraventricular Tachycardia SVT
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Tachycardia SVT The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Internet Home About News Careers Shop Contact … and childhood. Most SVT in children is due to a re-entrant mechanism and usually occurs in otherwise normally … well children Greater than a third of new onset SVT occurs in the first few weeks of life, commonly …
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Admission criteria for general medicine SSU and IPU
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to be in hospital e.g. children with asthma who have just completed burst therapy or bronchiolitis. We can only ask … for general medicine SSU and IPU The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Internet Home About News Careers Shop … Contact Quicklinks Intranet A great children's hospital, leading the way Health Professionals Patients …
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Croup (Laryngotracheobronchitis)
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with asthma in children. Medicine (Baltimore) 96. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000007667 Moore, M, Little … (Laryngotracheobronchitis) The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Internet Home About News Careers Shop Contact SharePoint … Children with croup should have focused examination so as not to upset them further: Observations …
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Respectful discussions with parents about their smoking
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with parents about their smoking The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Internet Home About News Careers Shop … Contact Quicklinks Intranet A great children's hospital, leading the way Health Professionals Patients …" Parent says: "Are you saying my smoking caused Jimmy's asthma?" "No, it is not necessarily related …
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Antibiotic prescribing in children with reported penicillin or cephalosporin allergy
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Antibiotic prescribing in children with reported penicillin or cephalosporin allergy … in children with reported penicillin or cephalosporin allergy The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Internet … > Antibiotic prescribing in children with reported penicillin or cephalosporin allergy In this section About …
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Primary spontaneous pneumothorax
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pneumothorax The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Internet Home About News Careers Shop Contact SharePoint … occurring in children without underlying lung disease and in the absence of provoking factors such as trauma … of breath Anxiety, cough and generalised symptoms (eg malaise, fatigue) are less common Examination Children …