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Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • Urinary tract infection
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Urinary_tract_infection/
    samples Key points Signs and symptoms of urinary tract infection (UTI) can be non-specific in young … children Collecting urine to exclude UTI is not required if there is another clear focus of fever … with pyuria confirms the diagnosis Oral antibiotics are appropriate for most children with UTI. Children who …
  • Immigrant health - acute presentations
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Immigrant_Health_acute_presentations/
    considerations in refugee children Links Fever Viral infections  Bacterial infections Malaria  (endemic areas … Malaria Respiratory symptoms Viral RTI Pneumonia, Asthma Bronchiolitis Croup Pertussis: vaccination may … - H pylori Immigrant health - Hepatitis B Diarrhoea Viral gastroenteritis Bacterial gastroenteritis …
  • Recognition of the seriously unwell neonate and young infant
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Recognition_of_the_seriously_unwell_neonate_and_young_infant/
    infections ( UTI ) the most common bacterial infection  Fever is not always present, and neonates and young … Salient Features Infective  – Bacterial UTI / Pyelonephritis Others include: Fever vomiting, poor feeding … fontanelle Infective – Viral Bronchiolitis Tachypnoea, increased work of breathing Primary HSV – in first 1 …
  • Haematuria
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Haematuria/
    asymptomatic microscopic haematuria, viral infections, UTI, trauma, HSP, hypercalciuria and inherited …
  • Radiology - Acute indications
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Radiology_Guidelines_Acute_indications/
    therapy   possible air leak. NB. Focal signs +/- fever are most likely due to mucus plug and viral illness … of the request should be proportional to the symptoms.  Urinary tract imaging  Bacteriologically proven first UTI …
  • Non-IgE mediated food allergy
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Non-IgE_mediated_food_allergy/
    solids) Underlying immune-deficiency Infection (sepsis, meningitis, UTI, gastroenteritis) Pyloric … for thrombocytopenia Can consider stool testing for MCS and viral PCR to exclude infectious causes for presentation …
  • Febrile child
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Febrile_child/
    in children are viral infections, however serious bacterial infections (SBIs) need to be considered The most … for investigations UTI is the most common SBI, if there is no clinically obvious focus for fever, urine collection …

The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which the RCH is situated, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which the RCH is situated, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which the RCH is situated, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.