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  • Meningitis and encephalitis
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Meningitis_encephalitis/
      hypertension  can be signs of raised intracranial pressure Focal neurological signs     Abnormal movements eg … children with meningitis, regardless of the presence of intracranial hypertension it is essential to ensure …
  • Urinary Incontinence - Daytime wetting
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Urinary_Incontinence_-_Daytime_wetting/
    /causes of incontinence. Height, weight, BP – growth faltering / loss of weight / hypertension  Abdomen …
  • Local anaesthetic poisoning
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Local_anaesthetic_poisoning/
    with laboratory testing Pancreatitis (rare) Venous thromboembolism (rare) Pulmonary hypertension Acute lung injury …
  • Anticholinergic syndrome
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Anticholinergic_syndrome/
    mouth and skin Fever Agitated delirium Urinary retention Hypertension Hyperthermia CNS depression / coma …
  • Nitrous Oxide - oxygen mix
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Nitrous_Oxide_Oxygen_Mix/
    or surgery with air trapping Pulmonary hypertension associated with decreased exercise tolerance Increased …
  • Altered conscious state
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Altered_conscious_state/
    ) irregular respirations, hypertension and bradycardia (Cushing reflex, a late sign) Presence …
  • Serotonin and noradrenaline re-uptake inhibitors SNRIs poisoning
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Serotonin_and_noradrenaline_re-uptake_inhibitors_SNRIs_poisoning/
    reveal dysphoria, anxiety, mydriasis, tremor, tachycardia and hypertension Seizures may be delayed up …
  • Poisoning - Acute Guidelines For Initial Management
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Poisoning_-_Acute_Guidelines_For_Initial_Management/
    collapse Ecstasy and other amphetamines - agitation, hypertension, hyperthermia Oral hypoglycaemics eg …
  • Resuscitation: hospital management of cardiopulmonary arrest
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Resuscitation__hospital_management_of_cardiopulmonary_arrest/
    arrest) Cardiac surgery Drowning Sepsis Pulmonary hypertension Toxins (National Poisons Centre 13 11 26 …
  • Hereditary angioedema (C1-esterase inhibitor deficiency)
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Hereditary_angioedema_(C1-esterase_inhibitor_deficiency)/
    collapse, fever Very rare : arrhythmia, hypertension, thromboembolism Management of special clinical …