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  • Basic paediatric ECG interpretation
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Basic_paediatric_ECG_interpretation/
    , cyanotic episodes spells , seizures or ‘funny turns’, drug ingestion , abnormal cardiac examination … atresia, Ebstein anomaly, Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW), dextrocardia  T Wave Axis In the first 2-3 days … in these leads to invert in the majority of infants during the first week of life. Persistence of a positive T …
  • Influenza
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Influenza/
    features more likely to have febrile seizures more likely to have gastrointestinal features more likely … inhibitors that reduce influenza virus replication Oseltamivir is usually first line therapy (oral …
  • Acute behavioural disturbance: Acute management
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Acute_behavioural_disturbance__Acute_management/
    disturbance Aims Verbal and non-verbal de-escalation is the first line intervention Treat the underlying … or long-term benzodiazepines or to a child who may have taken substances associated with causing seizures …
  • Acute pain management
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Acute_pain_management/
    be used in hospital settings Fentanyl Intra-nasal >12 months: 1.5 microg/kg (max 100 microg) for first …/risk factors for respiratory depression Avoid in epilepsy (lowers seizure threshold) Avoid in young …