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Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • Metabolic disorders
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Metabolic_disorders/
    losses (eg vomiting, diarrhoea) Ensure adequate amount of calories for age and weight to avoid catabolism …
  • Burns - Post Acute Care and Dressings
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Burns_-_Post_Acute_Care_and_Dressings/
    with facial burns, injuries or comorbidities that prevent adequate oral intake Regular weight measurements aid …
  • Meningitis and encephalitis
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Meningitis_encephalitis/
    , including weight, measurement of the serum sodium and acid-base status, and clinical assessment … of the neurological state should be repeated every 6-12 hours for the first 48 hours Monitor weight head circumference …
  • Cerebral palsy
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Cerebral_palsy/
    or gastrostomy feeds if there is difficulty in achieving satisfactory weight gains, or there are major feeding …
  • Humeral shaft fractures - Emergency Department
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/fractures/Humeral_shaft_fractures_Emergency_Department/
    using a collar and cuff. This allows the weight of the arm itself to act as traction across the fracture …
  • Micronutrient deficiency
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Micronutrient_deficiency/
    and joint pain, poor wound healing, fatigue, weight loss, gingival inflammation with gum bleeding, petechiae … Gastrointestinal disease Heavy menstrual loss Maternal iron deficiency Prematurity Low birth weight   Selenium …
  • Infantile Spasms
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Infantile_Spasms/
    for infection prevention Monitor BP, blood glucose and weight twice weekly Vaccines should be delayed until one …
  • Menstrual management in adolescents with disabilities
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Menstrual_management_in_adolescents_with_disabilities/
    difficulty, malabsorption, medication interactions and obesity Examination Height, weight, blood pressure …
  • Writing a good medical report
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Writing_a_good_medical_report/
    are fundamental to the weight given by the court to their opinion. Some opinions sought may be beyond …
  • Primary immunodeficiencies
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Primary_immunodeficiencies/
    slow to gain weight ) Persistent lymphopenia (especially lymphocyte count <1 x 10 9 /L in children <1 …

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.