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Cerebral palsy
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Cerebral_palsy/
or gastrostomy feeds if there is difficulty in achieving satisfactory weight gains, or there are major feeding …
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Humeral shaft fractures - Emergency Department
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/fractures/Humeral_shaft_fractures_Emergency_Department/
using a collar and cuff. This allows the weight of the arm itself to act as traction across the fracture …
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Micronutrient deficiency
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Micronutrient_deficiency/
and joint pain, poor wound healing, fatigue, weight loss, gingival inflammation with gum bleeding, petechiae … Gastrointestinal disease Heavy menstrual loss Maternal iron deficiency Prematurity Low birth weight Selenium …
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Menstrual management in adolescents with disabilities
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Menstrual_management_in_adolescents_with_disabilities/
difficulty, malabsorption, medication interactions and obesity Examination Height, weight, blood pressure …
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Infantile Spasms
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Infantile_Spasms/
for infection prevention Monitor BP, blood glucose and weight twice weekly Vaccines should be delayed until one …
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The limping or non-weight bearing child
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Child_with_limp/
symptoms eg unplanned weight loss, lethargy/easy fatigue, anorexia (consider malignancy/haematological …
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Immune thrombocytopenic purpura
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Immune_thrombocytopenic_purpura/
for alternative diagnosis Bone pain, limp, anorexia, weight loss, jaundice, fever, sweats or infective symptoms …
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Primary immunodeficiencies
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Primary_immunodeficiencies/
slow to gain weight ) Persistent lymphopenia (especially lymphocyte count <1 x 10 9 /L in children <1 …
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Adolescent gynaecology - lower abdominal pain
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Adolescent_Gynaecology_Lower_Abdominal_Pain/
and contraception Systemic features: fever, weight loss, vomiting, headache Adolescent assessment Examination Pallor …
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Immigrant health - acute presentations
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Immigrant_Health_acute_presentations/
Malnutrition - weight/BMI <5th centile for age and disproportionate for family Complex medical issues Offshore …