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Cough
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Cough/
acute cough : daily cough lasting 2-4 weeks Chronic cough: daily cough lasting >4 weeks Specific cough … : cough occurring with condition known to be cause of chronic cough Non-specific cough: chronic cough … without a defined cause (in children this will usually undergo spontaneous resolution) Chronic cough …
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Chest pain
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Chest_pain/
catheter Pleuritic pain Haemoptysis Fever Cough Lethargy Pleuritic chest pain Chronic respiratory disease … activities, hobbies, jobs) Chronic cough Localised area of chest pain Worse with movement or deep breathing … MI (unlikely paediatrics) uremic (chronic renal failure, especially if pre-dialysis stage) recent …
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Gastrooesophageal reflux disease in infants
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Gastrooesophageal_reflux_disease_in_infants/
/choking with feeding respiratory symptoms eg aspiration, chronic cough, wheezing, recurrent pneumonia slow … or faltering growth Feeding problems or oral aversion Respiratory symptoms (aspiration, chronic cough, wheezing … indistinguishable from GORD. CMPA is more likely in patients with blood/mucous in their stool, chronic diarrhea …
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Bronchiolitis
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Bronchiolitis/
, usually requiring no treatment or intervention A cough may persist for weeks Assessment History … Bronchiolitis typically begins with a coryzal prodrome followed by onset of one or more of: Cough Fever … hospital admission for these children, even if presenting early in illness with mild symptoms Chronic lung …
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Foreign bodies inhaled
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Foreign_bodies_inhaled/
on impaction location Impaction in larynx or trachea Sudden and catastrophic event Coughing, choking ± vomiting …, coughing or wheezing while eating or playing (many are unwitnessed) Tachypnoea and respiratory distress … Cyanosis Persistent wheeze (may be focal and partially respond to bronchodilators) Persistent cough Fever …
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Immigrant health - acute presentations
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Immigrant_Health_acute_presentations/
not have been available in country of origin Tuberculosis (TB) consider in children with chronic cough … may present with acute chest syndrome Pneumonia Asthma Bronchiolitis Croup Cough Immigrant health -TB … – Intestinal Parasites Immigrant health -Strongyloidiasis Continence/UTI UTI Irritable bladder Enuresis Chronic …
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Asthma in primary school-aged children (6-11 years)
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Asthma_in_primary_school-aged_children_(6-11_years)/
(wheeze, breathlessness, cough) and treatment response (ie recurrent clusters of symptoms that respond … to SABA or chronic symptoms that respond to ICS) in the absence of red flags Red flags for alternative … diagnoses: productive cough isolated cough paraesthesia chest pain clubbing Risk of exacerbation History …
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Cerebral palsy - chest infection
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Cerebral_Palsy_chest_infection/
poor cough gastro-oesophageal reflux decreased mobility severe scoliosis malnutrition chronic airway … Chest physiotherapy is helpful if children have large airway secretions and a poor cough, or focal …
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Acute asthma
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Acute_asthma/
for an acute exacerbation requiring treatment in hospital Background Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease … symptoms (eg nocturnal cough, exercise induced wheeze, morning cough), school attendance, participation … such as inhaled foreign body or pneumothorax Red flags for alternative diagnoses: productive cough isolated cough …
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Influenza
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Influenza/
chronic illness In hospitalised children with risk factors or features of severe disease, antiviral … is 1-4 days (average 2 days) Hand and respiratory hygiene (eg covering the mouth when coughing) reduces … fever without other symptoms Rigors or chills Respiratory symptoms: rhinorrhoea, sore throat, cough …