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Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • Acute upper airway obstruction
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Acute_upper_airway_obstruction/
    be laterally behind tonsil Dysphagia and drooling Peritonsillar abscess (quinsy) Severe sore throat (often … unilateral) Hot potato/muffled voice Trismus Swollen posterior palate and tonsil, with medial displacement … of tonsil and deviation of the uvula Epiglottitis Inadequate Hib immunisation or immunocompromised High …
  • Sore throat
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Sore_throat/
    with paediatric/ENT outpatient follow-up when 7 episodes of sore throat/tonsillitis in 1 year 5 infections/year … oral intake Parent information Kids Health Info: Tonsillitis Australian Commission on safety …
  • Cerebral palsy - pain and irritability
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Cerebral_Palsy_Pain_and_Irritability/
    Infection Upper or lower respiratory tract infection with increased secretions Pharyngitis/tonsillitis …
  • Immigrant health - acute presentations
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Immigrant_Health_acute_presentations/
    requirements Behavioural issues Excess milk intake Enlarged tonsils Malnutrition - may need admission Food …
  • Foreign body ingestion
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Foreign_body_ingestion/
    in the oropharynx Require urgent ENT evaluation Fish bones may lodge in tonsils and require removal Oesophageal Food …
  • Abdominal pain - acute
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Abdominal_pain_-_acute/
    purpura Hip pathology Migraine Myocarditis/pericarditis Respiratory tract infections ( tonsillitis …
  • Kawasaki disease
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Kawasaki_disease/
    diagnosis Group A streptococcal infections: tonsillitis, scarlet fever, acute rheumatic fever Viral …
  • Antimicrobial guidelines
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Antimicrobial_guidelines/
    to cover M. pneumoniae and other atypical pathogens and Oseltamivir to cover influenza virus Tonsillitis …

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.