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Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • Antimicrobial guidelines
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Antimicrobial_guidelines/
    Group A streptococci As for cellulitis 5 days Failure of first-line treatment, high fever or severe … groups: Indigenous Australians Maori and Pacific Islander Personal history of rheumatic fever … or rheumatic heart disease Family history of rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease Immunosuppressed Quinsy …
  • Assessment of severity of respiratory conditions
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Assessment_of_severity_of_respiratory_conditions/
    Grunting Accessory muscle anatomy Other considerations Fever may be associated with an increase …
  • Hydrocarbon poisoning
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Hydrocarbon_poisoning/
    antibiotics are not indicated. Fever is common following aspiration with pneumonitis – antibiotics should …
  • Haematuria
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Haematuria/
    of urinary infection: dysuria, frequency, pain, fever Systemic symptoms such as fatigue, oedema, rash …
  • Burns - Post Acute Care and Dressings
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Burns_-_Post_Acute_Care_and_Dressings/
    isolation – follow local Burns Unit infection precautions Fever is a common reaction to the hypermetabolic …
  • Cerebral Palsy - chest infection
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Cerebral_Palsy_chest_infection/
    with cerebral palsy, careful attention should be paid to: Fever or hypothermia Apnoea Vomiting/unable …
  • Antenatal urinary tract dilation
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Antenatal_urinary_tract_dilation/
    in neonates Symptoms including fever, vomiting, decreased urine output and irritability suggest the need …
  • Vulval ulcers
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Vulval_ulcers/
    urine Review of systems: Systemic symptoms: fever, malaise, headache, myalgia Gastrointestinal symptoms …
  • Vomiting
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Vomiting/
    signs and symptoms Evidence of diarrhoea Gastroenteritis Fever or systemic Illness Infection or sepsis …
  • Ataxia
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Ataxia/
    of meningoencephalitis (fever, meningism) Features suggestive ofcerebellar ataxia Cerebellar signs (dysdiadochokinesis …

The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which the RCH is situated, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which the RCH is situated, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which the RCH is situated, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.