Guidelines
11 entriesNDoH Hospital-level paediatric STG
- Ballard Scoring AssessmentNote: Always assess gestational age as accurately as possible. Use Ballard Scoring Assessment (below) Click on the image to enlarge See: How to use new ballard score correctly See: Ballard Score Calculator Standard Treatment Guidelines And Essential Medicines List For South Africa, Hospital Level, Paediatrics, 2023 Edition Chapter 19: Prematurity And Neonatal Conditions, Ballard Scori→
- Behavioural Problems Associated With Intellectual DisabilityBehavioural Problems Associated With Intellectual Disability→
- Benzodiazepine PoisoningDescription Diagnostic criteria General and supportive measures Referral ICD-10 code: T42.4 DESCRIPTION Young children or toddlers are typically involved in accidental exposure and ingest small amounts of sedatives. Adolescents may ingest large amounts during suicide, suicidal gesture or for recreational use. DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA Clinical Cardiorespiratory depression. Decreased level of cons→
- Benzodiazepine WithdrawalBenzodiazepine Withdrawl→
- Bipolar DisorderBipolar Disorder→
- Bites And StingsSee section: Envenomation Standard Treatment Guidelines And Essential Medicines List For South Africa, Hospital Level, Paediatrics, 2023 Edition Chapter 1: Emergencies and Trauma, 1.1 Paediatric Emergencies, 1.1.12 Bites And Stings→
- Bleeding Oesophageal VaricesDescription General and supportive measures Medicine treatment Referral ICD-10 code: I85.0 DESCRIPTION Presentation with haematemesis (fresh blood) or melaena in a patient who has a spontaneous bleed from varices at the oesophageal-gastric junction. The patient may or may not have been known to have chronic liver disease and portal hypertension. This bleeding may be hard to control and be l→
- BronchiectasisDescription Diagnostic criteria General and supportive measures Medicine treatment Surgical treatment Role of chemoprophylaxis Referral ICD-10 code: J47 DESCRIPTION Irreversible dilatation of the subsegmental airways, inflammatory destruction of bronchial and peribronchial tissue, and accumulation of exudative material in dependent bronchi that occurs as a result of recurrent bacterial infe→
- BronchiolitisDescription Diagnostic criteria General and supportive measures Medicine treatment Referral ICD-10 code: J21.9 DESCRIPTION Bronchiolitis is an acute viral infection of the small airways of the lower respiratory tract affecting children between 4 months and 2 years of age. The most common pathogen is the respiratory syncytial virus. Recurrent episodes of wheeze associated with bronchiolitis→
- Bulimia NervosaBulimia Nervosa→
- BurnsDescription General and supportive measures Medicine treatment Referral ICD-10 code: T30.0 DESCRIPTION Burns lead to skin and soft tissue injury and may be caused by: heat, e.g. open flame, hot liquids, hot steam; chemical compounds; physical agents, e.g. electrical/lightning; radiation. GENERAL AND SUPPORTIVE MEASURES Emergency treatment Remove smouldering or hot clothing. Remo→