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  • Foreign body ingestion
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Foreign_body_ingestion/
    Foreign body ingestion Foreign body ingestion PIC Endorsed See also Foreign bodies inhaled Acute upper … ingest FBs and require a mental health review Gastrointestinal tract obstruction or impaction by a FB …, melaena or GI bleeding Respiratory symptoms: coughing, choking, respiratory distress, consider inhalation …
  • Gastrooesophageal reflux disease in infants
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Gastrooesophageal_reflux_disease_in_infants/
    stenosis Haematemesis: may indicate potentially severe upper GI bleed Chronic diarrhoea and rectal bleeding … Nocturnal vomiting : may suggest increased ICP Gastrointestinal signs/symptoms Bilious vomiting and/or … Differential diagnoses include but are not limited to anatomical malformations or underlying gastrointestinal …
  • Vomiting
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Vomiting/
    Key points Bilious (green) vomiting is due to a gastrointestinal obstruction until proven otherwise … there is a gastrointestinal obstruction. Bile is dark green rather than yellow. Using a visual aid to clarify vomitus colour … blood due to delivery or nipple trauma Upper GI haemorrhage Projectile    Pyloric stenosis Early morning …