PAEDIATRICS Guidelines. Bedsides 2022-2024

CONTENT

ANAESTHETICS AND CRITICAL CARE

Analgesia

Anaphylaxis

APLS – Cardiorespiratory arrest

APLS – Recognition and assessment of the sick child

Brief resolved unexplained episode (BRUE)

Extravasation injuries

Intraosseous infusion

Intravenous fluid therapy

Long line insertion

Monitoring ex-prem infants and neonates aged <1 month post general anaesthetic

Pain assessment

Post-operative nausea and vomiting aged >2 yr

Pre-operative fasting

Sedation

BREATHING (RESPIRATORY DISEASE)

Asthma – acute management

Bronchiolitis

Croup

Cystic fibrosis – Admission

Cystic fibrosis – Distal intestinal obstruction syndrome (DIOS)

Cystic fibrosis – Exacerbation

Cystic fibrosis – Microbiology

Pleural effusion

Pneumonia

Pneumothorax

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Cardiac arrhythmias (previously Tachycardia and bradycardia)

Chest pain

Cyanotic congenital heart disease – see Neonatal guidelines

ECG interpretation

Endocarditis prophylaxis

Heart failure

Heart murmur

Palpitations

Syncope

COMMUNITY

Abdominal pain

Acute asthma

Bronchiolitis aged <2 yr

Child development

Croup aged 3 months

Fever

Gastroenteritis

Head injury

DRUGS AND POISONING

Poisoning and drug overdose

ENDOCRINE/METABOLISM

Congenital hypothyroidism

Diabetes and fasting for surgery

Diabetes new (non-ketotic)

Diabetic ketoacidosis

Hypoglycaemia

Ketone monitoring

Steroid dependence

GASTROENTEROLOGY

Abdominal pain

Constipation

Diarrhoea and vomiting

Eating disorders

Faltering growth

Gastro-oesophogeal reflux

Jaundice in neonates

Nutritional first line advice

Obesity

Vitamin D deficiency

HAEMATOLOGY

Bleeding disorders in children

Blood and platelet transfusions

Febrile neutropenia

Henoch-Schönlein purpura

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)

INFECTION

Antibiotics

Cervical lymphadenopathy

Cuts and bites

Encephalitis

Febrile illness

Fever of unknown origin

Hepatitis B and C

HIV and hepatitis B post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP)

HIV testing

Immunodeficiency

Infection in the returning traveller

Infection prevention

Kawasaki disease

Lyme disease

Malaria

Meningitis

Notifiable infectious diseases and food poisoning

Orbital cellulitis

Osteomyelitis and septic arthritis

Petechial/purpuric rashes

Sepsis (including meningococcal)

Tuberculosis

Vancomycin

NEUROLOGY

Epilepsy

Facial palsy

Glasgow coma score

Neuromuscular disorders

Status epilepticus

RENAL

Acute kidney injury

Glomerulonephritis

Haemolytic uraemic syndrome

Hypertension

Nephrotic syndrome

Renal calculi

Renal investigations

Urinary tract infection

RHEUMATOLOGY

Arthritis

Limping child

SAFEGUARDING

Child protection

Self-harm