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Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • Child abuse
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Child_abuse/
    tissue disease, developmental disorders Prior contact with child protection agencies and police … with the child’s age or developmental capabilities History does not easily account for the findings Inconsistent …
  • Cervical spine assessment
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Cervical_spine_assessment/
    by alcohol or recreational drugs not heavily sedated by analgesia or sedatives be developmentally able … be difficult due to pain, age or developmental state of the child and altered conscious state Concerning …
  • Acute behavioural disturbance: Acute management
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Acute_behavioural_disturbance__Acute_management/
    disturbance: Acute management PIC Endorsed See also Autism and developmental disability: Management … reactions, such as increased agitation and anxiety, may occur in children with autism or developmental delay …
  • Chloral Hydrate Poisoning
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Chloral_Hydrate_Poisoning/
    developmental age is inconsistent with accidental poisoning, Risk Assessment History Intentional overdose …
  • Camphor poisoning
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Camphor_poisoning/
    Any patient whose developmental age is inconsistent with accidental poisoning as non-accidental …
  • Hydrocarbon poisoning
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Hydrocarbon_poisoning/
    or significant accidental exposure Any symptomatic patient Any patient whose developmental age is inconsistent …
  • Phenytoin poisoning
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Phenytoin_poisoning/
    ingestion of unknown quantity Any child where the developmental age is inconsistent with accidental …
  • Cerebral Palsy - Increased Seizures
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Cerebral_Palsy_Increased_Seizures/
    . Long-term prognosis of epilepsy in patients with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology …
  • Metabolic disorders
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Metabolic_disorders/
    and seizures Presentation may also be more insidious: Developmental delay or regression Coarsening of features …
  • Corrosives - Caustic Poisoning
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Corrosives_-_Caustic_Poisoning/
    patient  Any patient whose developmental age is inconsistent with accidental poisoning as non-accidental …

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.