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Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • Menstrual management in adolescents with disabilities
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Menstrual_management_in_adolescents_with_disabilities/
    be considered on days of heavy bleeding/dysmenorrhoea Consider underlying constipation , particularly the week …
  • Nappy rash
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Nappy_rash/
    , painful defecation and/or constipation Threadworm Viral infection eg hand foot and mouth, herpes simplex …
  • Adolescent gynaecology - lower abdominal pain
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Adolescent_Gynaecology_Lower_Abdominal_Pain/
    For non-specific, episodic abdominal pain, consider chronic conditions such as constipation, abdominal migraine …
  • Immigrant health - acute presentations
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Immigrant_Health_acute_presentations/
    screening Sickle cell disease Abdominal pain Acute infection  Constipation Surgical  or gynaecological …
  • Iron deficiency
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Iron_deficiency/
    black in colour and may cause constipation Oral iron preparations may also stain a child’s teeth …
  • Radiology - Acute indications
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Radiology_Guidelines_Acute_indications/
      Gastroenteritis  Haematemesis  Pyloric stenosis Uncomplicated appendicitis  Chronic constipation, encopresis …
  • Diabetes insipidus
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Diabetes_insipidus/
    of DI Head injury Constipation (from dehydration) Symptoms in babies can be non-specific …
  • Autism and developmental disability: Management of distress/agitation
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Autism_and_developmental_disability__Management_of_distress/agitation/
    for potential sources of infection Consider changes in bowel habit, particularly constipation Examination …
  • Hypokalaemia
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Hypokalaemia/
    Skeletal muscle weakness, paralysis (in severe cases) Smooth muscle weakness: ileus, constipation, nausea …

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.