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Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • Gastrooesophageal reflux disease in infants
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Gastrooesophageal_reflux_disease_in_infants/
    disease in infants PIC Endorsed See also Unsettled or crying babies Gastroenteritis Key points … of gastroenteritis increased future fracture risk micronutrient deficiencies There is no evidence to support empiric …
  • Pyloric stenosis
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Pyloric_stenosis/
    tract infection Gastroenteritis Gastro-oesophageal reflux Surgical causes eg volvulus, malrotation …
  • Febrile seizure
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Febrile_seizure/
    febrile illness  Seizures in an acute infectious illness (particularly gastroenteritis) without documented …
  • Intussusception
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Intussusception/
    to a misdiagnosis of gastroenteritis. Rectal bleeding or the classic “red currant jelly” stool are late signs …
  • Hyponatraemia
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Hyponatraemia/
    : Gastroenteritis Secretory/osmotic diarrhoea Skin losses (CF / burns) Abdominal 3rd spacing Hyperglycaemia Renal …
  • The acutely swollen joint
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/The_acutely_swollen_joint/
    Particularly if non ambulatory child Reactive Reactive arthritis Recent illness: pharyngitis, gastroenteritis …
  • Adolescent gynaecology - lower abdominal pain
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Adolescent_Gynaecology_Lower_Abdominal_Pain/
    Gastroenteritis Key points Pregnancy related causes of acute pelvic pain (ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage …
  • Fever in the recently returned traveller
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Fever_in_the_recently_returned_traveller/
    Endorsed See also Immigrant health - acute presentations Malaria Gastroenteritis Febrile child COVID-19 Key …
  • Upper limb non-use
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Upper_Limb_NonUse/
    Haematuria Hepatosplenomegaly Reactive arthritis Recent illness: pharyngitis, gastroenteritis, urethritis …
  • Radiology - Acute indications
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Radiology_Guidelines_Acute_indications/
      Gastroenteritis  Haematemesis  Pyloric stenosis Uncomplicated appendicitis  Chronic constipation, encopresis …

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.