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Emergency airway management
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injury or intoxication (loss of pharyngeal tone) Trauma (injury to the airway or compression due to neck … in the absence of burns to the face Acquired conditions Pre-surgical Airway burns / trauma / infections … Department , Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 24:8. Long E, Barrett MJ …
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Jaundice in early infancy
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group and antibodies Maternal infectious serology Birth Gestational age Birth trauma Instrumental … thalassemia Haemorrhage: cerebral, intra-abdominal Blood extravasation: bruising/birth trauma Blood film … to 12 weeks Diagnosis of exclusion after considering above causes Bruising, birth trauma No further …
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Seizures - acute management
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hypoxic injury trauma Assessment Assessment and management should occur concurrently if the child …, hypomagnesaemia) meningitis drug/toxin overdose or envenomation head trauma stroke and intracranial haemorrhage … recordings Ask about aura, focal features level of awareness recent trauma, consider non-accidental injury …
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Facial weakness and Bell palsy
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, trauma, tumour or a vascular event Bell palsy is an idiopathic lower motor neuron palsy of the facial …) and altered taste (both uncommon in Bell palsy) Preceding viral infections or trauma to the head or face … Paediatric Injectable Guidelines Paediatric Trauma Manual Patients and families My RCH Portal Kids Health …
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COVID-19 swabbing
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or procedure to be deferred. Expert advice is recommended Recent facial trauma / fracture / surgery Mucositis … Handbook Paediatric Injectable Guidelines Paediatric Trauma Manual Patients and families My RCH Portal Kids …
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Head injury
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trauma – Primary survey Major paediatric trauma - Secondary survey Cervical spine assessment Key points … GCS 15 and meets the following criteria: no concern about abusive head trauma age over 6 months … important brain injuries after head trauma: a prospective cohort study. Lancet. 2009. 374(9696), 1160-70 …
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Vulval and vaginal conditions
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Pinworms Bacterial overgrowth Foreign body Sexually transmitted infections Vaginal foreign body Trauma … to moderate-to-severe vulvovaginitis, lichen sclerosus et atrophicus or pinworms Trauma, including straddle injuries … be confluent and extensive Scratching and other minor trauma may lead to further inflammation and purpuric …
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Unsettled or crying babies
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Unexplained injuries Excessive crying is a risk factor for abusive head trauma (previously known as shaken … if indicated Prevention of abusive head trauma The peak period of infant crying is strongly linked … to an increased risk of abusive head trauma (AHT). The Period of PURPLE Crying program offers evidence-based …
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Gastrostomy acute replacement of displaced tubes
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The penis and foreskin
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include Chemical irritation: urine trapping, soiled nappies, soap residue, talc powder Physical trauma … in childhood The commonest causes in children are sickle cell disease (65%), leukaemia (10%) and trauma (10 … Guidelines Nursing Guidelines Paediatric Handbook Paediatric Injectable Guidelines Paediatric Trauma Manual …