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  • Anaphylaxis
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Anaphylaxis/
    Anaphylaxis …Clinical Practice Guidelines : Anaphylaxis The Royal … resources CPG feedback RCH   >   Health Professionals   >   Clinical Practice Guidelines   >   Anaphylaxis …
  • Food allergy - IgE mediated food allergy
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Food_allergy_-_IgE_mediated_food_allergy/
    mediated food allergy Food allergy - IgE mediated food allergy See also Anaphylaxis Asthma Eczema Urticaria … Key points Recognition and management of anaphylaxis is the most important consideration in any child … involve only skin and/or gastrointestinal symptoms Anaphylaxis is any acute onset of respiratory and/or …
  • Urticaria
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Urticaria/
    Calendar CPG information Other resources CPG feedback Urticaria Urticaria PIC Endorsed See also Anaphylaxis … with involvement of other systems (eg airway, respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal), anaphylaxis should … be suspected. Urgent administration of adrenaline and medical assessment is required See  Anaphylaxis Acute …
  • Acute asthma
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Acute_asthma/
    school aged children (6-11 years) Preschool asthma (1-5 years) Anaphylaxis Bronchiolitis Key points … If unsure if a child has anaphylaxis or asthma, treat for anaphylaxis. Treatment of both is time critical … suggest  anaphylaxis and not asthma alone Treatments used during this illness (reliever dose, frequency …
  • Local anaesthetic poisoning
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Local_anaesthetic_poisoning/
    for Initial Management Anaphylaxis Resuscitation Key points Onset of local anaesthetic toxicity is usually … in children, including following topical administration. Allergic reactions including anaphylaxis are also … possible and should be treated along conventional lines - see Anaphylaxis . For 24 hour advice, contact …
  • Antibiotic prescribing in children with reported penicillin or cephalosporin allergy
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Antibiotic_prescribing_in_children_with_reported_penicillin_or_cephalosporin_allergy/
    Anaphylaxis Urticaria Serum Sickness and Serum Sickness like reactions (SSLRs) Key points A detailed drug … adrenaline auto injector, bronchodilator) Previous episode of anaphylaxis Concurrently administered drugs …) For severe reactions (airway angioedema, bronchospasm or anaphylaxis): avoid all drugs from the same β-lactam …
  • Snakebite
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Snakebite/
    . See also Anaphylaxis Resuscitation Key points Specific advice about children with potential snakebite … of anaphylaxis with antivenom administration – be prepared to treat.  If anaphylaxis occurs, treat as per … the anaphylaxis guideline and consult with a clinical toxicologist.  Given the risk of intracerebral haemorrhage …
  • Bier block
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Bier_block/
    Local anaesthetic allergy/anaphylaxis Open fracture Severe hypertension (reconsider if systolic blood … Complications Cuff discomfort (common) Allergy/anaphylaxis to lidocaine (lignocaine) Systemic lidocaine toxicity …
  • Hereditary angioedema (C1-esterase inhibitor deficiency)
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Hereditary_angioedema_(C1-esterase_inhibitor_deficiency)/
    management Can't intubate can't oxygenate Anaphylaxis Key points Angioedema in hereditary angioedema (HAE … and anaphylaxis (see Anaphylaxis ) Idiopathic angioedema Drug-induced angioedema Acquired angioedema (exceedingly …
  • Non-IgE mediated food allergy
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Non-IgE_mediated_food_allergy/
    food allergy Anaphylaxis Eczema Unsettled or crying babies Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in infants … the gastrointestinal tract Non-IgE-mediated allergies do not cause anaphylaxis and therefore are not treated …