NICE fever guidelines for kids
Fever is the most common presentation to Paeds ED and it can be difficult to identify a focus. This causes us (me anyway) a great deal of concern.
Category Pediatrics
Tetraology of Fallot and BT shunts
Despite the therapeutic measures a 26 day-old boy with Tetralogy of Fallot has severe hypercyanotic spells and needs Blalock-Tausig shunt
William West
William James West (1794-1848) described West Syndrome (Infantile Spasms) - Triad of infantile spasms, developmental delay and hypsarrhythmia
Johann Lukas Schönlein
Johann Lukas Schönlein (1793 – 1864) was a German physician. Eponymously affiliated with Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
Two pills can kill
A small child has swallowed two unknown tablets. How would you manage this problem in the emergency department?
Paediatric Formulae
Paediatric Formulae
Status Epilepticus in Children
Status epilepticus is considered to have occurred when a generalised tonic-clonic seizure has lasted greater than 30 minutes.
Paediatric Asthma
See RCH Melbourne Guidelines:
Paediatric Trauma Patient
Apply ATLS/APLS protocol: primary survey to exclude life-threatening injuries, secondary survey, re-evaluation and definitive care.
Pyloric Stenosis
Pyloric Stenosis is a medial emergency that requires urgent fluid resuscitation and resolution of biochemical abnormalities. Definitive surgical treatment can then be undertaken to restore enteral nutrition.
The Septic Child
The Septic Child
Effects of Anaesthetic Agents on the Developing Brain
There is concern that sedatives and anaesthetic agents may have harmful effects on the developing brain