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Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • Camphor poisoning
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Camphor_poisoning/
    : oral/epigastric burning, nausea, vomiting CVS: case reports of cardiomyopathy and prolonged QRS and QTc …
  • Syncope
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Syncope/
    Structural abnormalities eg congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathies, myocarditis Differential diagnoses …
  • Metabolic disorders
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Metabolic_disorders/
    dehydration stroke like episodes  acute liver or renal failure cardiomyopathy unexplained encephalopathy …
  • Supraventricular Tachycardia SVT
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Supraventricular_Tachycardia_SVT/
    cardioversion or adenosine. Can cause cardiomyopathy. Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia 170-300 Inverted Variable …
  • Basic paediatric ECG interpretation
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Basic_paediatric_ECG_interpretation/
    hypertrophy. L ook for “dagger” Q waves in leads I, aVL and V5-6, often seen in  hypertrophic cardiomyopathy … Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (LVH and pathological Q waves)  Electrolyte disturbances Hyperkalaemia …
  • Chest pain
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Chest_pain/
    or pulmonary conditions (eg arrhythmia, cardiomyopathy, pulmonary hypertension, sudden death) Risk factors …
  • Micronutrient deficiency
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Micronutrient_deficiency/
    Cardiomyopathy Myositis Shortened fingers and toes Prolonged total parenteral nutrition Zinc Acrodermatitis …
  • Death of a child
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Death_of_a_child/
    malformations, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, skeletal malformations and/or dysplasia, neonatal cholestasis …