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Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • Cerebral palsy
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Cerebral_palsy/
    Respiratory problems particularly pneumonia Uncontrolled seizures / status epilepticus Unexplained …
  • Brief Resolved Unexplained Event BRUE
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Brief_Resolved_Unexplained_Event_BRUE/
    Endorsed See also Gastrooesophageal reflux in infants Afebrile seizures Bronchiolitis Key Points A BRUE …
  • Hydrofluoric acid exposure
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Hydrofluoric_acid_exposure/
    , paraesthesias, muscle cramps Irritability, seizures Tetany Chovostek’s sign (facial muscle spasm) Trosseau’s …
  • Anaemia
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Anaemia/
    (regression, seizures, irritability, poor feeding) Vitamin B12 deficiency may be seen in exclusively …
  • Periorbital and orbital cellulitis
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Periorbital_and_orbital_cellulitis/
    or orbital cellulitis present Suspecting intracranial involvement with altered conscious state, seizures …
  • Malaria
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Malaria/
    ) Examination Pallor Splenomegaly Impaired consciousness Seizures Respiratory distress Shock Jaundice …
  • Influenza
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Influenza/
    respiratory features more likely to have febrile seizures more likely to have gastrointestinal features more …
  • Fever in the recently returned traveller
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Fever_in_the_recently_returned_traveller/
    microscopy and culture in severely unwell patients with meningism, encephalopathy or seizures (after …
  • Upper limb non-use
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Upper_Limb_NonUse/
    sweats, malaise, rash, pallor, bruising Neurological signs/symptoms: headache, seizures, paraesthesia …
  • Procedural sedation
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Procedural_sedation/
    cardiac disease Neurological Acute: altered level of consciousness, seizure, meningitis, trauma, space …

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.