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  • Influenza
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Influenza/
    Influenza …Clinical Practice Guidelines : Influenza The Royal … resources CPG feedback RCH   >   Health Professionals   >   Clinical Practice Guidelines   >   Influenza …
  • Antimicrobial guidelines
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    . pneumoniae suspected Meningitis Over 2 months of age  S. pneumoniae 5 N. meningitidis H. influenzae type b 6 … 3rd gen cephalosporin (high dose) 4 S. pneumoniae 10 days N. meningitidis 5–7 days H. influenzae type …. influenzae type b Rifampicin 20 mg/kg (600 mg) oral daily 4 days Postseptal (orbital) cellulitis S. aureus H …
  • NPA
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    with respiratory droplets or fomites. Influenza, parainfluenza, RSV, adenovirus, human metapneumovirus …, influenza, parainfluenza, human metapneumovirus, adenovirus and B. pertussis.  This includes wearing a mask …
  • Fever in the recently returned traveller
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Fever_in_the_recently_returned_traveller/
    Rabies Viral haemorrhage fever Viral haemorrhage fever Amoebic liver abscess Influenza Q fever …, particularly if prolonged >10 days) Fever + respiratory Malaria* Pneumonia Influenza Tuberculosis (TB …) As for fever alone plus CXR Swab for respiratory viruses, including influenza and COVID If Tuberculosis …
  • Contact prophylaxis for invasive meningococcal or Hib disease
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Contact_prophylaxis_for_invasive_meningococcal_or_Hib_disease/
    : management of household contacts Contact prophylaxis for invasive meningococcal and Haemophilus influenzae …, C, W or Y Haemophilus influenzae type b Requires contact prophylaxis The index patient if they have …
  • Cerebral palsy - chest infection
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Cerebral_Palsy_chest_infection/
    cover for aspiration in children Consider Oseltamivir to cover influenza virus Positioning … cerebral palsy should receive the annual influenza vaccine in addition to the usual vaccines …
  • Petechiae and purpura
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Fever_and_Petechiae_Purpura/
    purpura Viral Enterovirus Adenovirus Influenza Bacterial Neisseria meningitidis  ( meningococcal disease … ) Streptococcus pneumoniae  Haemophilus influenzae Group A streptococcus Staphylococcus aureus Mechanical Vomiting …
  • Empiric treatment of infectious diseases in child with suspected Ebola
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Empiric_treatment_of_infectious_diseases_in_child_with_suspected_Ebola/
    3m-12y); 10 mg/kg iv 8H (age >12y) Influenza Oseltamivir: Antiviral_drug_doses_in_children_with_influenza …
  • Meningitis and encephalitis
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Meningitis_encephalitis/
    influenzae  type B (HiB) vaccine, pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, meningococcal ACWY and B vaccines …, plus: HSV Mycoplasma pneumoniae Other viruses:  EBV, CMV, HHV6, Influenza Arboviruses Aciclovir 20 mg … Haemophilus influenza B (HiB) Ceftriaxone/cefotaxime 10 Gram-negative Ceftriaxone/cefotaxime 21 Organism …
  • Preschool asthma (1-5 years)
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Preschool_asthma_(1-5_years)/
    Additional management includes regular asthma education, reviewing inhaler technique and annual influenza … management role of reliever and preventer treatment inhaler technique Recommend annual influenza vaccine …