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Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • Hypernatraemia
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Hypernatraemia/
    : Vomiting, muscular twitching, fever, doughy skin High pitched crying and tachypnoea in infants Severe signs …
  • Dental conditions - non traumatic
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Dental_conditions_non_traumatic/
    fever and systemic symptoms may be absent Management Dental abscess Antibiotics should be prescribed …
  • Chickenpox (varicella)
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Chickenpox_varicella/
    receive 2 doses of varicella vaccine, at least 4 weeks apart Assessment Short prodrome of fever, lethargy …
  • Essential Oil Poisoning
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Essential_Oil_Poisoning/
    require non-invasive ventilation or intubation if severe Fever is common following aspiration …
  • Supraventricular Tachycardia SVT
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Supraventricular_Tachycardia_SVT/
    , anxiety, and fever) should also be considered and addressed when managing a patient presenting …
  • Henoch-Schönlein purpura
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/HenochSchonlein_Purpura/
    Henoch-Schönlein purpura Henoch-Schönlein purpura PIC Endorsed See also Fever and petechiae The acutely swollen …
  • Foreign body ingestion
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Foreign_body_ingestion/
    advice or return to ED if any of the following symptoms occur: breathing problems abdominal pain fever …
  • Gastrooesophageal reflux disease in infants
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Gastrooesophageal_reflux_disease_in_infants/
    and forceful Significant diarrhoea or constipation Fever or lethargy Signs Abdominal rigidity …
  • Radiology - Acute indications
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Radiology_Guidelines_Acute_indications/
    therapy   possible air leak. NB. Focal signs +/- fever are most likely due to mucus plug and viral illness …
  • Urticaria
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Urticaria/
    paediatric team when Associated fever, bruising, joint pain or other or systemic features (need to exclude …

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.