Guidelines
164 entriesSpeciality / institutional guidelines
- PPE Selection Flowchart for Procedural Based CareGuidance documents released by SASA around COVID-19→
- Paarl Hospital Neonatal Care: General InformationPaarl Hospital Neonatal Care: General Information→
- Paediatric Advanced Life SupportPaediatric Advanced Life Support→
- Paediatric Anaesthesia TrolleyRecommended Equipment List→
- Paediatric Blood and Fluid Administration RegimesGuideline for Paediatric Blood and Fluid Administration Regimes→
- Paediatric Critical Care InfusionsCommon Critical Care Drug Infusions used in Critically Ill Children in the EC setting.→
- Paediatric Critical Care InfusionsPaediatric Critical Care Infusions→
- Paediatric Guidelines: IntroductionChildren are often subjected to a variety of painful diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Immaturity and cognitive impairment may preclude competent expression of pain during such experiences. Therefore, the need for analgesia may not be sufficiently addressed. Pain assessment and measurement are prerequisites to optimal pain management. Pain measurement tools are available for children of all→
- Paediatric Pain ManagementPaediatric Pain Management→
- Paediatric Pain ManagementPaediatric Pain Management→
- Paediatric Surgery Referral GuidelinesPaediatric Surgery Referral Guidelines→
- Paediatric Training for ParamedicsDistrict level hospital guidelines applicable for interns and comm service doctors. Published in 2016→
- Paediatric colistin dosingKEY POINTS TO REMEMBER: Loading doses must be administered to all patients initiated on colistin. Maintenance doses must be adjusted in patients with renal impairment. All patients on colistin must have frequent renal function monitoring. Colistin, also known as polymyxin E, is available as an intravenous preparation, colistimethate sodium (CMS). CMS is a prodrug that is hydrolyzed in plasma to a→
- Paediatric emergency transfers call out pathwayPaediatric emergency transfers call out pathway→
- Paediatric vancomycin dosingKEY POINTS TO REMEMBER: All patients should receive loading doses. Trough concentrations should be done prior to the 2nd maintenance dose. All patients should have a baseline creatinine, or a creatinine taken with the trough concentration prior to the 2nd maintenance dose. Do not dose-adjust vancomycin according to trough concentrations. Clinical Pharmacology should be contacted when vancomycin i→
- Pain Assessment in ChildrenPain history Pain behaviours Pain assessment tools Children are able to reliably articulate pain from approximately 5 years of age. However, at this age, localisation of pain is still poor, which explains the frequent reports of abdominal pain, despite the actual source. Localisation of pain becomes reliable only at approximately 7 years of age. Pain history Self-reporting is the gold standard of→
- Pain ManagementPharmacological strategies Local anaesthetics Simple analgesics Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Opioids Alpha-2 agonists: clonidine and dexmedetomidine Gabapentin Ketamine Non-pharmacological pain management strategies should always be included in pain management. Preoperative anxiety, catastrophising, depression and other mental health as well as neurodevelopmental issues can amplify→
- Pain ManagementApproach to pain in the paediatric burns patient→
- Pain Management in Adult TraumaPain Management in Adult Trauma→
- Pain in the Terminal PhaseGeneral principles and management of cancer pain in adults→
- Palliative CarePalliative care→
- Palliative Care / Alleviating sufferingCOVID-19 Rapid Review, Friday, 08 May 2020 (Review 8)→
- Palliative Care in the COVID-19 WardsJune 2020→
- Paracetamol PoisoningParacetamol poisoning→
- PathophysiologyThe ‘three systems model’ The 'bladder–brain dialogue' The ‘Three Systems Model’ The model proposed by Butler and Holland [15] in 2000 provides a framework for understanding PMSE and helps conceptualise therapeutic interventions. PMSE is caused by one or more of the following three ‘systems’: NP associated with an abnormal circadian pattern of antidiuretic hormone (ADH)/arginine-vasopressin Overa→
- Pathophysiology of Birth AsphyxiaNational Neonatal Resuscitation Guidelines→
- Pathophysiology of Pre-eclampsiaThe guidelines recommend management of common obstetric conditions at primary and referral level, based on local experience and evidence-based practice. They are not intended as strict protocols nor as standard operating procedures, but rather as a guide to safe effective management of common obstetric problems. The guidelines should be most useful to interns, medical officers and registrars.→
- Patient AssessmentAppropriate selection of children for sedation is the first step to safe sedation practice. It is generally accepted that adults, through their lived experience, have the necessary coping skills to ensure safe and successful sedation. However, children of different age groups, and even children within the same age group, have different coping skills. The procedure to be performed will largel→
- Patient Blood ManagementSANBS Clinical Guideline, 6th Edition, 2023→
- Patient Categorisation and Treatment OutcomesPatients treated for TB infection may be categorised either as new or previously treated. The treatment outcome possibilities are completed, lost to follow-up, stopped or died as described in Table 2 . Table 2. Patient categories and treatment outcomes Category definition New Never had TPT or who took treatment for less than four weeks. Previously treated Past TPT or another regimen for four or m→
- Patient Consent: Elective or Emergency Medical or Surgical ProcedureElective or emergency medical or surgical procedure consent→
- Patient Considerations in the Prescription of HIF-PHIsPatients hyporesponsive to conventional ESA due to chronic inflammation or iron deficiency may benefit from HIF-PHIs due to resultant decrease in hepcidin with improvement in iron absorption and mobilization from stores. Since efficacy trials have not specifically included patients with significantly increased C-reactive protein, this potential role for HIF-PHIs is not currently supported by subs→
- Patient Details Form & Protocol Incl TriageClick on the image to enlarge. Click here for the pdf . Angels Initiative South Africa _ Registered Nurse Stroke Patient Acute Treatment Form_2024→
- Patient Healthcare Worker InteractionsSADA COVID-19 Guidelines, May 2020→
- Patient SelectionPatient Selection→
- Patient TransfersWhen and how to→
- Patient Triage / Practice Administration Before the Patient ArrivesSADA COVID-19 Guidelines, May 2020→
- Patient Well-Being and HealthClinical Evaluation Nutrition Haemoglobin Blood Pressure Preservation of Residual Renal Function Vascular Access Routine Blood Tests Bone Disease Rehabilitation and Emotional Support Clinical Evaluation Every patient on dialysis should have a clinical evaluation performed by a doctor regularly. Within treatment centres supervised by a nephrologist, chronic haemodialysis patients must be seen duri→
- Patient-Centred Care and Disease UnderstandingPatient Information and Decision-Making Lifestyle Interventions Comorbidities and Extra-Articular Disease Patient Information and Decision-Making The aim of treatment is to maintain a good quality of life and physical function. A management plan should be developed based on shared decision-making between patients and clinicians, predicated on patients’ values, goals, preferences and comorbidities→
- Patient-Controlled Analgesia and Neuraxial Analgesia TechniquesClinical guidelines on the use of patient-controlled analgesia Chart 1: Proposed prescription chart Neuraxial techniques PCA and neuraxial analgesia techniques offer alternative nonconventional methods for postoperative pain management. Clinical guidelines on the use of patient-controlled analgesia Rationale for use PCA refers to a method of analgesia through which a patient self-administers smal→
- Patient-Level InterventionsSupporting the Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy Framework and the Guidelines on Implementation of the Antimicrobial Strategy in South Africa: One Health Approach and Governance, 2018→
- Pelvic Congestive SyndromeThis booklet is intended as a practical guide to patient care for registrars, medical officers, interns and medical students attached to the gynaecology units at the University of the Witwatersrand Academic Hospitals. Anyone can use it.→
- Pelvic Inflammatory DiseaseThis booklet is intended as a practical guide to patient care for registrars, medical officers, interns and medical students attached to the gynaecology units at the University of the Witwatersrand Academic Hospitals. Anyone can use it.→
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)Infection Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) Brief outline/clinical setting Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) comprises a spectrum of inflammatory disorders of the upper female genital tract. A PVD plus cervical motion tenderness/uterine tenderness/adnexal tenderness should be present Grading of PID (Gainesville) Grade I: Acute salpingitis without peritonitis Grade II: Acute salpingitis with perit→
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)Pelvic Inflammatory Disease→
- Penetrating Eye InjuryPenetrating Eye Injury→
- People Living with HIV (PLHIV): Adults, Adolescents, and Children Irrespective of AgeWho TPT should be offered to TPT should be deferred or not offered if the individual living with HIV Management of TPT for PLHIV All immunocompromised people have a significant risk for developing TB disease and require an initial TPT course, regardless of significant exposure, once TB disease has been excluded. This includes people of all ages living with HIV (adults, pregnant and breastfeeding→
- Perfusing Ventricular TachycardiaPerfusing ventricular tachycardia→
- Perianal SymptomsElective Surgical Conditions - Perianal Symptoms→
- PericarditisInfection Pericarditis Brief outline/clinical setting In TB endemic countries TB is a common cause of clinically significant pericardial effusion in both HIV-infected and non- infected persons. Aetiologies/organisms Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Common causes of purulent pericarditis include staphylococci and streptococci. In immunosuppressed patients or following thoracic surgery S. aureus and fun→