• 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 …
  • 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 …
  • 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 …
  • Nicotine Poisoning
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Nicotine_Poisoning/
    – shortness of breath, bronchorrhoea, bronchoconstriction / wheeze Neurologic – agitation, fasciculation …
  • 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 …
  • 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 …
  • 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 …
  • 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 …
  • 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 …
  • 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 …