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Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • Serotonin toxicity
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Serotonin_toxicity/
    * Dextromethorphan* Methadone Tapentadol Fentanyl Drugs of abuse MDMA (ecstasy) LSD Amphetamines Cocaine Antiemetics …
  • Serotonin and noradrenaline re-uptake inhibitors SNRIs poisoning
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Serotonin_and_noradrenaline_re-uptake_inhibitors_SNRIs_poisoning/
    Treat seizures with benzodiazepines Avoid phenytoin and fentanyl  4.  Serotonin Syndrome Hyperthermia …
  • Poisoning - Acute Guidelines For Initial Management
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Poisoning_-_Acute_Guidelines_For_Initial_Management/
    Tachycardia Opiates eg buprenorphine (8 g sublingual or film absorbs in <5 min), codeine, methadone, fentanyl …
  • Abdominal pain - acute
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Abdominal_pain_-_acute/
    fentanyl may be required as initial analgesia in severe pain (see  Acute pain management ) Consider fasting …
  • Burns - Acute Management
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Burns/
    intranasal fentanyl or IV morphine Initial investigations Major burn (≥10% TBSA) Haemoglobin, electrolytes …
  • Fascia iliaca block of the femoral nerve
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Fascia_iliaca_block_of_the_femoral_nerve/
    , anaesthesia Supplementary analgesia or sedation (eg topical local anaesthetic creams, fentanyl and/or nitrous …

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.