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Asthma in primary school-aged children (6-11 years)
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Asthma_in_primary_school-aged_children_(6-11_years)/
(wheeze, breathlessness, cough) and treatment response (ie recurrent clusters of symptoms that respond … without wheeze) Smoking and vaping (passive or active) Damp, mouldy, cold or crowded housing Aeroallergens …
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Cough
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Cough/
): croup Dry +/- wheeze: asthma Dry, honking, barking, distractible, suggestible: tic or somatic cough … of breathing, hypoxia, stridor, chest signs (wheeze, crackles, crepitations) Faltering growth (or growth …
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Assessment of severity of respiratory conditions
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Assessment_of_severity_of_respiratory_conditions/
children with respiratory presentations. For example, wheeze in Asthma and Bronchiolitis , and stridor …
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Nicotine Poisoning
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Nicotine_Poisoning/
– shortness of breath, bronchorrhoea, bronchoconstriction / wheeze Neurologic – agitation, fasciculation …
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Cerebral Palsy - chest infection
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Cerebral_Palsy_chest_infection/
of Salbutamol if evidence of bronchospasm (wheeze, hyperinflation) and reassess for improvement Secretions …
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Antibiotic prescribing in children with reported penicillin or cephalosporin allergy
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Antibiotic_prescribing_in_children_with_reported_penicillin_or_cephalosporin_allergy/
Rash (eg non-specific, maculopapular, urticarial) Respiratory symptoms (eg wheeze, stridor or increased …
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Hydrofluoric acid exposure
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Hydrofluoric_acid_exposure/
but cough, wheeze and SOB may be delayed. Always check for Medicalert bracelet in any unconscious patient …
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Bronchiolitis
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Bronchiolitis/
to cigarette smoke Trisomy 21 Examination Tachypnoea Use of accessory muscles Bilateral wheeze and/or fine …
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Resuscitation: Care of the seriously unwell child
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Resuscitation__Care_of_the_seriously_unwell_child/
noises (wheeze, grunting, crepitations) Reduced chest expansion Reduced air entry Secondary signs …
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Immigrant health - acute presentations
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Immigrant_Health_acute_presentations/
or contact history Parasite infection may (very rarely) cause wheeze/respiratory symptoms Sickle cell disease …