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Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • The penis and foreskin
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/The_penis_and_foreskin/
    immediate replacement over the glans to prevent paraphimosis (below). See care of the normal uncircumcised … preventing retraction. This is distinct from normal non-retractable foreskin described above Features Obvious … Previously retractable foreskin no longer retractable Persistent ballooning of foreskin on urination in older …
  • Slow weight gain
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Slow_weight_gain/
    intake Stool: Microscopy, fat globules, fatty acid crystals In children older than 12 months: ESR, faecal … Guidelines for healthy growth and development for children and young people Last updated March 2021 Reference …/guidance/NG75 Marchand, V 2012, The toddler who is falling off the growth chart , Paediatr Child health …
  • Lumbar puncture
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Lumbar_puncture/
    an associated rare risk of spinal epidermoid tumours) Consider using 25G pencil point needles for older children … and repositioning of needle Continue to advance needle slowly within ligament until there is a fall in resistance … dressing Bed-rest following LP is of no benefit in preventing headache in children Perform further vital …
  • Child abuse
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Child_abuse/
    findings Age (months) 0 – 5 6 – 11 12 – 23 24 months or older Skin or soft tissue injury ANY bruise or soft … Any suspected or proven intracranial injury except multivehicle collision or high distance fall Burns … P. Preventing child deaths: what do administrative data tell us?. Archives of disease in childhood …