• Malaria
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Malaria/
    Initial symptoms non-specific – include chills, sweating, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, headache …
  • Hypernatraemia
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Hypernatraemia/
    : Vomiting, muscular twitching, fever, doughy skin High pitched crying and tachypnoea in infants Severe signs …
  • Resuscitation: Hospital Management of Cardiopulmonary Arrest
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Resuscitation__Hospital_Management_of_Cardiopulmonary_Arrest/
    /blood/vomit B  – Breathing Look for chest rise and fall and auscultate Commence artificial ventilation …
  • Ethanol poisoning
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Ethanol_Posioning/
    peripheral vasodilation, or secondary to volume loss, eg from vomiting Hypothermia may occur due …
  • Sodium valproate poisoning
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Sodium_valproate_poisoning/
    : drowsiness, ataxia, seizures, coma Gastrointestinal: nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain Cardiovascular …
  • Carbamazepine poisoning
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Carbamazepine_poisoning/
    and monitoring drug concentrations can be helpful. Clinical features include: drowsiness  nausea and vomiting
  • Procedural sedation
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Procedural_sedation/
    for IV access No sedative effect Nitrous oxide Quick onset and offset Anxiolysis and amnesia Vomiting
  • Fever in the recently returned traveller
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Fever_in_the_recently_returned_traveller/
    , abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, fever In a sick child, consider discussing with Infectious Diseases team …
  • Acute otitis media
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Acute_otitis_media/
    ear pain (irritability in pre-verbal children) Fever Loss of appetite Vomiting Lethargy  Cochlear …
  • Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN)
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Post-streptococcal_glomerulonephritis_(PSGN)/
    vision, vomiting Oedema: shortness of breath, swelling Cardiac: chest pain, palpitations Previous …

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.