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  • Kawasaki disease
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    Kawasaki disease …Clinical Practice Guidelines : Kawasaki disease …   >   Kawasaki disease In this section About Clinical Practice Guidelines CPG index Paediatric Improvement …
  • Cervical lymphadenopathy
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    Cervical lymphadenopathy PIC Endorsed See also Febrile Child Kawasaki Disease Key points Cervical … and neck infections such a retropharyngeal abscess. Kawasaki disease Kawasaki disease may present … ( Kawasaki Disease , malignancy, rheumatologic condition) Consider transfer when Child requiring care beyond …
  • Empiric treatment of infectious diseases in child with suspected Ebola
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    Kawasaki disease IVIG 2 g/kg infusion over 10 hours and aspirin 3-5 mg/kg 24H Toxic shock syndrome Empiric …Empiric treatment of infectious diseases in child with suspected Ebola … of infectious diseases in child with suspected Ebola The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Home About News …
  • Chest pain
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    /acquired cardiac disease Family history sudden cardiac death or arrhythmia History of Kawasaki disease … tissue disease eg Marfan, Ehlers-Danlos History of Kawasaki disease Known aortic root dilatation New … Cocaine, methamphetamine or synthetic cannabinoids use Known cardiac disease or cardiac surgery Kawasaki …
  • CPG Committee Calendar
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    Wednesday 15   Kawasaki disease  September 2025 Thursday 4  Infantile spasms Wednesday 17  Cerebral palsy … 18 Appendicitis January 2026 Wednesday 21  Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease  December 2025  Thursday …
  • Prolonged fever
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    Sepsis: assessment and management Kawasaki disease Key points Infection is the most common cause … inflammatory conditions: consider clinical criteria of Kawasaki Disease including incomplete, acute rheumatic … returned international traveller noting that with increasing globalisation, diseases that were …
  • Febrile child
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    and suspected or confirmed neutropenia Fever in the recently returned traveller Kawasaki disease Petechiae … for Kawasaki disease  or PIMS-TS if there is a history of COVID-19 infection Other uncommon causes of prolonged … neutropenia ), central line in situ, chronic lung disease, congenital heart disease, previous invasive …
  • The acutely swollen joint
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    Kawasaki disease Prolonged fever >5 days Rash, conjunctivitis, cervical lymphadenopathy, swelling of hands … Australians, Maori and Pacific Islanders; personal or family history of ARF or rheumatic heart disease … idiopathic arthritis/mixed connective tissue disease Fever, rash Oligo/polyarticular arthritis Enthesitis …
  • Henoch-Schönlein purpura
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    , Southwood TR. Incidence of Henoch-Schonlein purpura, Kawasaki disease, and rare vasculitides in children …: Weekly for the first month after disease onset Fortnightly from weeks 5-12 Single reviews at 6 and 12 … months Return to weekly reviews if there is a clinical disease flare or additional signs of renal …
  • COVID-19
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    and abdominal pain Several features overlap with Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome Other infectious … of face-to-face education and separation from parents or carers unwell with the disease Assessment Place child … The full clinical spectrum of disease remains broad. Typical symptoms include: General features Fever …