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Sepsis – assessment and management
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sepsis quickly but also to not over-diagnose. Most children with fever (with or without a focus) do … and management The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Home About News Careers Shop Contact Donate SharePoint … peripheral cannula or intraosseous access (IO) in children during initial resuscitation Background Sepsis …
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Vomiting
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Children's Hospital Melbourne Internet Home About News Careers Shop Contact SharePoint Intranet Health … sounds History of previous GIT obstruction or surgery GIT obstruction Abdominal tenderness and fever … Rectal bleeding Gastroenteritis Colitis Intussusception Meckel's diverticulum Infection Fever or systemic …
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Primary immunodeficiencies
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immunodeficiencies The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Internet Home About News Careers Shop Contact SharePoint … management Most young children with recurrent minor infections do not have a PID Background Primary … Early identification relies on a high index of suspicion. PIDs should be considered in all children with …
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Cervical lymphadenopathy
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The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Home About News Careers Shop Contact Donate SharePoint Intranet … lymphadenopathy is common and may be found in more than one third of otherwise healthy children Observation … lymphadenopathy Background Cervical lymph nodes are often palpable in well children Cervical lymphadenopathy …
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Malaria
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Children's Hospital Melbourne Internet Home About News Careers Shop Contact SharePoint Intranet Health … Calendar CPG information Other resources CPG feedback Malaria Malaria PIC Endorsed See also Fever … in the recently returned traveller Key points Malaria should be suspected in children with any febrile illness …
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Invasive group A streptococcal infections: management of household contacts
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A streptococcal infections: management of household contacts The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Internet Home … as Streptococcus pyogenes, commonly colonises the skin, nasopharynx or anogenital tract of children GAS causes … a wide range of clinical disease in children, from mild illnesses such as pharyngitis and impetigo …
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Meningitis and encephalitis
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and encephalitis The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Internet Home About News Careers Shop Contact SharePoint … It is difficult to distinguish viral from bacterial meningitis clinically. Children with meningitis should … should cover both Meningitis Encephalitis History Fever Infant: subtle or non-specific symptoms …
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Acquired torticollis
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The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Home About News Careers Shop Contact Donate SharePoint Intranet … spine assessment If the child has signs of fever, infection or abnormal neurology, appropriate imaging … should be performed to establish a cause Most children will have a muscular torticollis and can …
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COVID-19
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Children's Hospital Melbourne Home About News Careers Shop Contact Donate SharePoint Intranet Health … (see Additional notes below) Key points Children are less severely affected by COVID-19 than adults … be provided for any child with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 For children requiring high-flow oxygen …
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Immune thrombocytopenic purpura
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purpura The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Home About News Careers Shop Contact Donate SharePoint … purpura Immune thrombocytopenic purpura PIC Endorsed See also Fever and petechiae - purpura Key points … of symptomatic acquired thrombocytopenia in children. It is a diagnosis of exclusion as there is no specific …