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PCH Perth Children's Hospital

WEBPerth Children’s Hospital, WA’s specialist paediatric hospital and trauma centre, provides medical care to children and young people who are up to 16 years of age. Existing PCH patients can continue to access the services that are responsible for the management of their condition until their 18th birthday, or to coincide with the completion

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Emergency Department Guidelines

WEBThese guidelines have been produced by a multidisciplinary team at PCH and published online to provide a widely accessible and searchable directory of paediatric care to guide clinical decision making for healthcare providers not only in Western Australia, but across the world. These guidelines should be used with reference to the CAHS clinical

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Ages and Stages Questionnaires™

WEBASQ-3TM has a high sensitivity and specificity. There are 21 questionnaires from 2-60 months. It is imperative to use the questionnaire that is calculated as correct for the child’s age. The date that the ASQ-3 was completed must be recorded and used to assist with this calculation.

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Manage My Care app

WEBSeptember 8, 2020. Outpatients with appointments at PCH can now use WA Health’s first patient facing app – Manage My Care – to access their appointment and referral information. Eligible outpatient appointments for PCH will be able to view booked appointments and referrals in Manage My Care. All patients can download the newly …

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Child and Adolescent Health Service CAHS

WEBRead the Child and Adolescent Health Service strategic plan for 2023-2025. Consumer Engagement Strategy. Disability Access and Inclusion Plan. Multicultural Action Plan. Last Updated: 11/11/2022. Strategic plans and strategies from the Child and Adolescent Health Service.

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For patients and visitors

WEBWelcome to Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH), Western Australia’s specialist paediatric hospital and trauma centre, providing medical care to children and young people up to 16 years of age. This hospital provides treatment for the most serious medical cases, as well as secondary services including inpatient, outpatient and day-stay care.

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Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome (PIMS-TS) …

WEBInvestigations. Children and adolescents with fever persisting for ≥ 3 days, an epidemiological link to SARS-CoV-2 and clinical features suggestive of PIMS-TS should be investigated as follows:. Figure 1: Suggested approach to the investigation of PIMS-TS. Note: PIMS-TS has overlapping clinical features with other fever and rash syndromes; …

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Referrals to PCH

WEBPre-referral guidelines . When referring a patient to PCH, we ask that you follow our pre-referral guidelines.. View our list of departmental pre-referral guidelines.. HealthPathways WA. HealthPathways WA is a web-based portal with information on referral and management pathways to help clinicians access patient services in the primary, …

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Brief Resolved Unexplained Event (BRUE)

WEBbrief (<1 minute) now resolved. unexplained. BRUE involves at least one of 1: Colour change - central cyanosis or pallor only. Breathing change – absent, decreased or irregular. Marked change in tone – hypertonia or hypotonia. Altered level of responsiveness. There are many medical causes of BRUE-like events.

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Bronchiolitis (PIC)

WEBManagement of Bronchiolitis at Perth Children’s Hospital follows the evidence-based guidelines from the National Paediatric Improvement Collaborative (PIC). The guideline should be used in conjunction with local policies and guidelines pertinent to the management of Bronchiolitis in your health service. Please refer to the PIC Guidelines

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Intravenous fluid therapy

WEBRestore hydration by replacing fluids already lost: Depends on clinical condition: Deficit = weight x % dehydrated x 10. e.g. gastroenteritis, burns. Vomiting / diarrhoea –. sodium chloride 0.9% + glucose 5%. Refer to Burns – Intravenous (IV) Fluids - ED Guidelines. Refer to Pyloric Stenosis – ED Guidelines.

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Azithromycin Monograph

WEBAzithromycin Monograph - Paediatric Page 4 of 7 Children’s Antimicrobial Management Program (ChAMP) Manual. IV: Usual dose: 10mg/kg/dose (to a maximum of 500mg) once daily. (4, 6)Oral azithromycin therapy is as effective as IV. Consider switching to oral dosing as soon as clinically appropriate. (2) Renal impairment:

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Amoxicillin Monograph

WEBA widespread dull red, maculopapular rash may occur in children receiving amoxicillin.(1) The rash tends to occur after 7 days of commencing therapy and usually resolves 1-7 days after treatment is stopped. It is more common in patients with infectious mononucleosis, acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and HIV infection.

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