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  • Nappy rash
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Nappy_rash/
    , painful defecation and/or constipation Threadworm Viral infection eg hand foot and mouth, herpes simplex …
  • Immigrant health - acute presentations
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Immigrant_Health_acute_presentations/
    screening Sickle cell disease Abdominal pain Acute infection  Constipation Surgical  or gynaecological …
  • Menstrual management in adolescents with disabilities
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Menstrual_management_in_adolescents_with_disabilities/
    , consider underlying constipation Some medications can be crushed and given via percutaneous endoscopic …
  • Iron deficiency
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Iron_deficiency/
    parents that iron preparations can make a child’s stool black in colour and may cause constipation Oral …
  • Radiology - Acute indications
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Radiology_Guidelines_Acute_indications/
      Gastroenteritis  Haematemesis  Pyloric stenosis Uncomplicated appendicitis  Chronic constipation, encopresis …
  • Autism and developmental disability: Management of distress/agitation
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Autism_and_developmental_disability__Management_of_distress/agitation/
    for potential sources of infection Consider changes in bowel habit, particularly constipation Examination …
  • Adolescent gynaecology - lower abdominal pain
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Adolescent_Gynaecology_Lower_Abdominal_Pain/
    such as constipation, abdominal migraine and functional abdominal pain Examination Pallor, hypotension, tachycardia …
  • Hypokalaemia
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Hypokalaemia/
    Skeletal muscle weakness, paralysis (in severe cases) Smooth muscle weakness: ileus, constipation, nausea …
  • Diabetes insipidus
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Diabetes_insipidus/
    with known DI (eg URTI, gastroenteritis) Past or family history of DI Head injury Constipation (from …
  • Management of Eating Disorders in the Emergency Department
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Management_of_Eating_Disorders_in_the_Emergency_Department/
    , dizziness, palpitations, cold intolerance, constipation and abdominal symptoms Menstrual history including …