Guidelines
7 entriesNDoH Hospital-level paediatric STG
- Laryngotracheobronchitis, Acute Viral (Croup)Description Diagnostic criteria General and supportive measures Medicine treatment Referral ICD-10 code: J05.0 DESCRIPTION Potentially life-threatening airway obstruction in children and one of the most common causes of stridor in children aged between 6 months and 2 years. The most important viruses causing laryngotracheobronchitis (LTB) include: para-influenza virus (most common), measles→
- LeukocoriaDescription Diagnostic criteria Referral ICD-10 code: H44.53 DESCRIPTION Common causes of leukocoria (white pupil) include: retinoblastoma, cataract, persistent foetal vasculature, and end-stage ROP. DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA A white appearance of the pupil instead of the usual black colour. An absent or diminished red-reflex of the fundus of the eye when examined with a direct ophthalmoscope or→
- Liver Failure, AcuteDescription Diagnostic criteria General and supportive measures Medicine treatment Referral ICD-10 code: K72.0 DESCRIPTION Acute liver failure is a devastating clinical syndrome which has a high mortality. It results from massive necrosis of liver cells leading to the development of hepatic encephalopathy. The clinical appearance can be deceptive and it is easy to underestimate how critical→
- Local and Regional AnaesthesiaDescription Medicine treatment DESCRIPTION Local anaesthesia is accomplished by either local infiltration of soft tissue or the instillation of local anaesthetic into potential or existing body spaces such as the epidural space, sub-arachnoid spinal spaces or around major nerves or plexuses. Appropriate care is always used to limit overdose and avoid toxicity. Use appropriate agents, avoid adrena→
- Loss of VisionDescription Referral ICD-10 code: H53.1 DESCRIPTION Causes of sudden loss of vision in an outwardly normal eye include: retinal detachment, occlusion of the retinal artery or retinal vein(s), vitreous haemorrhage, optic and retrobulbar neuritis, and choroiditis. Causes of gradual loss of vision in an outwardly normal eye include: refractive errors, cataracts, retinopathies, malignancies, an→
- Lumbar PunctureLumbar Puncture→
- Lung AbscessDescription Diagnostic criteria General and supportive measures Medicine treatment Surgical treatment Referral ICD-10 code: J85 DESCRIPTION A suppurative process that results from destruction of the pulmonary parenchyma and formation of a cavity. The cavity may be single, e.g. after aspiration or multiple, e.g. staphylococcal disease and cystic fibrosis. Lung abscess may follow pneumonia ca→