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Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • Cough
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Cough/
    abnormalities (eg tracheo/bronchomalacia, vascular rings, tracheo-oesophageal fistula) Interstitial lung disease … inhalation Bronchiectasis/chronic suppurative lung disease (due to post-infectious, CF, immunodeficiency …), somatic cough disorder (absent during sleep) or chronic suppurative lung disease (worse on waking) Sputum …
  • Fever and suspected or confirmed neutropenia
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Fever_and_suspected_or_confirmed_neutropenia/
    (BAL) if pulmonary infiltrates detected on CT lungs (consult local Infectious Diseases Unit to ensure …, hypoxia, interstitial infiltrate on CXR) Abdomen for signs of Clostridium difficile colitis (generalised … antimicrobials may be required: discuss with Infectious Diseases) or  a resistant organism has been identified …