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Urticaria
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Children's Hospital Melbourne Internet Home About News Careers Shop Contact SharePoint Intranet Health … is a common cause of urticaria in children Urticaria may occur both during and after an illness when the child … times the recommended daily dose. Eg in children 6 years and older, cetirizine maximum total daily dose …
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Whooping cough (pertussis)
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) The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Home About News Careers Shop Contact Donate SharePoint Intranet … or 21 days of symptoms Children are no longer infectious to others after 21 days into the illness …) and are most commonly infected by spread from family members Can occur in immunised children, but the illness …
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Gastrooesophageal reflux disease in infants
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disease in infants The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Home About News Careers Shop Contact Donate … in children with known underlying medical conditions such as neurological disabilities, pulmonary dysfunction … increasing or persisting beyond 12-18 months of age Lethargy or fever Excessive irritability Weight loss …
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Animal and human bites
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The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Internet Home About News Careers Shop Contact SharePoint Intranet … should be left open, without primary closure Background Children (particularly toddlers) are the most … erythema, purulence, fever) Infection can be clinically evident in dog bites within 24 hours and in cat …
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Asthma in primary school-aged children (6-11 years)
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Asthma in primary school-aged children (6-11 years) … school-aged children (6-11 years) The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Internet Home About News Careers … in primary school-aged children (6-11 years) In this section About Clinical Practice Guidelines CPG index …
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Snakebite
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Children's Hospital Melbourne Home About News Careers Shop Contact Donate SharePoint Intranet Health …. See also Anaphylaxis Resuscitation Key points Specific advice about children with potential snakebite … is required). Snakebite Management Flowchart Giving Antivenom Antivenom is indicated in all children where …
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Hereditary angioedema (C1-esterase inhibitor deficiency)
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(C1-esterase inhibitor deficiency) The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Home About News Careers Shop Contact … occur at any age Children diagnosed with HAE should have a personalised ASCIA HAE management plan …, children may develop swelling in one or more sites involving subcutaneous tissues or submucosa of the gut …
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Iron poisoning
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Children's Hospital Melbourne Home About News Careers Shop Contact Donate SharePoint Intranet Health … Children requiring assessment Ingestion of >40 mg/kg elemental iron Ingestion of an unknown quantity Any … symptomatic children Risk Assessment History and examination Intentional overdose or accidental Dose: Stated …
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Lumbar puncture
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Children's Hospital Melbourne Internet Home About News Careers Shop Contact SharePoint Intranet Health … than 30 minutes in a child with signs of meningitis or sepsis In a child with fever and purpura in whom … and consider image guidance to assist CT scans are not helpful in most children with meningitis. A normal CT …
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Functional somatic symptoms
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symptoms The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Home About News Careers Shop Contact Donate SharePoint … system functioning rather than structural disease identifiable on standard investigations Some children … to symptom onset or persistence, but are not required for diagnosis children and young people with FSS often …