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Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • Penetrating eye injury
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Penetrating_eye_injury/
    . Consider concurrent antiemetic (eg ondansetron) as vomiting increases intraocular pressure and may cause …
  • Meningitis and encephalitis
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Meningitis_encephalitis/
    irritability lethargy or drowsiness poor feeding apnoea vomiting and diarrhoea temperature instability Child … movements Headache Vomiting Lethargy Features of prodromal illness Exposure history: travel location eg NT …
  • Whooping cough (pertussis)
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Whooping_Cough_Pertussis/
    as a non-specific persistent cough Vomiting often follows a coughing spasm Infants may develop apnoea and/or …
  • Hyponatraemia
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Hyponatraemia/
    Neurological status Red Flags Nausea and vomiting Irritability Headache Decreased conscious state Seizures …
  • Brief Resolved Unexplained Event BRUE
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Brief_Resolved_Unexplained_Event_BRUE/
    and history of vomiting Position (prone/supine/side) Environment: sleeping arrangement, co-sleeping …
  • Acute upper airway obstruction
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Acute_upper_airway_obstruction/
    , vomiting episode (may not be witnessed) May have unilateral chest findings, wheeze Reduced pharyngeal tone …
  • Eucalyptus Oil Poisoning
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Eucalyptus_Oil_Poisoning/
    , apnoea, bronchospasm, signs of aspiration pneumonitis GIT: Nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea(early symptoms …
  • Foreign bodies inhaled
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Foreign_bodies_inhaled/
    on impaction location Impaction in larynx or trachea Sudden and catastrophic event Coughing, choking ± vomiting …
  • Acute scrotal pain or swelling
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Acute_scrotal_pain_or_swelling/
    Unusual Unusual Common Unusual Nausea and vomiting Common (90%) Common Uncommon Uncommon Uncommon Dysuria …
  • Dehydration
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Dehydration/
    to normal output pattern Ask about excessive losses (eg vomiting, frequent urination or diarrhoea) Recent …

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.