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  • Anxiety: identification and management
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Anxiety__identification_and_management/
    symptoms eg palpitations, sweating, shaking, shortness of breath, chest pain, dizziness, light-headedness …, feeling of choking, numbness, tingling, chills or hot flushes, nausea, abdominal pain, feeling detached …
  • Hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Hyperosmolar_hyperglycaemic_state/
    Abdominal pain, nausea or vomiting Signs of underlying infection or precipitating illness Family history … culture lumbar puncture and/or chest x-ray Treatment Goals of treatment Correct dehydration and restore …
  • Basic paediatric ECG interpretation
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Basic_paediatric_ECG_interpretation/
    and electrolyte abnormalities Common indications for performing an ECG include chest pain , syncope , palpitations … Any child presenting with cardiac ‘red flags’ (including exertional chest pain or syncope, poor …
  • Child abuse
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Child_abuse/
    situation and may include: All sites of possible injury Symptoms (pain, limitation of movement, bleeding … incidentally identified by chest radiograph among infants and toddlers. The Journal of pediatrics. 2019 Jan 1 …
  • Eczema
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/eczema/
    Painful clustered blisters, punched-out erosions Eczema coxsackium Vesiculobullous rash with brownish … and hand Leg and foot Anterior chest and abdomen Back and buttocks 3-12 months 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ >1-3 years 1 ½ …