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Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • Antenatal urinary tract dilation
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Antenatal_urinary_tract_dilation/
    in neonates Symptoms including fever, vomiting, decreased urine output and irritability suggest the need …
  • Meningitis and encephalitis
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Meningitis_encephalitis/
    irritability lethargy or drowsiness poor feeding apnoea vomiting and diarrhoea temperature instability Child … movements Headache Vomiting Lethargy Features of prodromal illness Exposure history: travel location eg NT …
  • Eucalyptus Oil Poisoning
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Eucalyptus_Oil_Poisoning/
    , apnoea, bronchospasm, signs of aspiration pneumonitis GIT: Nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea(early symptoms …
  • Whooping cough (pertussis)
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Whooping_Cough_Pertussis/
    as a non-specific persistent cough Vomiting often follows a coughing spasm Infants may develop apnoea and/or …
  • Acute upper airway obstruction
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Acute_upper_airway_obstruction/
    , vomiting episode (may not be witnessed) May have unilateral chest findings, wheeze Reduced pharyngeal tone …
  • Foreign bodies inhaled
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Foreign_bodies_inhaled/
    on impaction location Impaction in larynx or trachea Sudden and catastrophic event Coughing, choking ± vomiting …
  • Hyponatraemia
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Hyponatraemia/
    Neurological status Red Flags Nausea and vomiting Irritability Headache Decreased conscious state Seizures …
  • Brief Resolved Unexplained Event BRUE
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Brief_Resolved_Unexplained_Event_BRUE/
    and history of vomiting Position (prone/supine/side) Environment: sleeping arrangement, co-sleeping …
  • Sepsis – assessment and management
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/SEPSIS_assessment_and_management/
    from toxin-producing strains of S. aureus or GAS Clinical features may include fever, vomiting …
  • Menstrual management in adolescents with disabilities
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Menstrual_management_in_adolescents_with_disabilities/
    Contraception Dose NSAIDs Reduces menstrual pain, up to 30% reduction in blood loss, may reduce nausea, vomiting …

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.