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  • Whooping cough (pertussis)
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Whooping_Cough_Pertussis/
    Whooping cough (pertussis) …Clinical Practice Guidelines : Whooping cough (pertussis …   >   Whooping cough (pertussis) In this section About Clinical Practice Guidelines CPG index Paediatric …
  • Management of tetanus-prone wounds
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Management_of_tetanusprone_wounds/
    in Australia as combination vaccines that include other antigens such as pertussis and diphtheria Assessment …, tetanus-toxoid vaccines are only available in combination with diphtheria toxoid, acellular pertussis +/- other … for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis combination vaccines DTPa, hep B, Hib, polio Infanrix hexa Vaxelis DTPa …
  • Cough
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Cough/
    also Pertussis/Whooping cough Asthma Foreign body Croup Key points The most common cause of cough … (post-infectious cough, including pertussis) Asthma Habit cough and somatic cough disorder Congenital airway …: pertussis or foreign body Staccato: suggestive of chlamydia (in infants) Barking or seal-like (+/- stridor …
  • NPA
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/NPA_Guideline_/
    and Bordetella pertussis may also be transmitted by large particle droplets created by coughing and sneezing …, influenza, parainfluenza, human metapneumovirus, adenovirus and B. pertussis.  This includes wearing a mask …
  • Brief resolved unexplained event (BRUE)
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Brief_resolved_unexplained_event_(BRUE)/
    Infections: pertussis, bacterial infection Cardiac: congenital heart disease, arrhythmias Other: electrolyte …) Dysmorphology or family history of arrhythmia or sudden death Nasopharyngeal sample History of pertussis …
  • Immigrant health - acute presentations
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Immigrant_Health_acute_presentations/
    Malaria Respiratory symptoms Viral RTI Pneumonia, Asthma Bronchiolitis Croup Pertussis: vaccination may …
  • Antimicrobial guidelines
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Antimicrobial_guidelines/
    with cochlear implant Pertussis B. pertussis Azithromycin 10 mg/kg (500 mg) oral daily (Birth – 6 months), 10 mg …