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3,191 entriesNDOH Standard Treatment Guidelines and clinical protocols
- Exclusion Criteria for Intravenous rt-PAClick on the image to enlarge. Click here for the pdf . Angels Initiative South Africa _ Treating Doctor_Stroke patient acute treatment forms_2024Other→
- Exclusion Criteria for Intravenous rt-PAClick on the image to enlarge. Click here for the pdf . Angels Initiative South Africa _ Emergency Department Physician Stroke Patient Pack_2024Other→
- Exclusion Criteria for Intravenous rt-PAClick on the image to enlarge. Click here for the pdf . Angels Initiative South Africa _ Stroke Physician Clinical Decision Pack_2024Other→
- Executive SummaryQA notes Survey1 is the spacing in the original doc... no change madeOther→
- Exogenous Surfactant AdministrationManagement guidelines for students, interns and registrars on a variety of routine and emergency situations in our neonatal service at Tygerberg Children’s Hospital. Published in 2014.Other→
- Exposure To Poisonous SubstancesSee section: Poisoning Standard Treatment Guidelines And Essential Medicines List For South Africa, Hospital Level, Paediatrics, 2023 Edition Chapter 1: Emergencies and Trauma, 1.1 Paediatric Emergencies, 1.1.11 Exposure To Poisonous SubstancesPEML (Paeds)→
- Exposure to Poisonous SubstancesSee: chapter on Poisoning . Click here for the pdf . Standard Treatment Guidelines And Essential Medicines List For South Africa, Adult Hospital level, 2020-4_Version 1_June 2024 Chapter 20: Emergencies and InjuriesEML (Adult)→
- Exposure to Poisonous SubstancesDescription General Measures Medicine Treatment Referral ICD-10 code: T36.0-9/T37.0-5/T37.8-9/T38.0-9/T39.0-4/T39.8-9/T40.0-9/T41-0-5/T42.0-8/T43.0-6/T43.8-9/ 4.0-9/T45.0-9/T46.0- 9/T47.0-9/T48-0-7/T49.0-9/T50.0-9/T51.0-3/T51.8-9/T52.0-4/T52.8-9/T53.0-9/T54.0-3/T54.9/T55/T56.0-9/T57.0- 3/T57.8-9/T58/T59.0-9/T60.0-4/T60.8-9/T65.0-6/T65.8-9+ (X44.99/X49.99/X64.99/X69.99/Y14.99/Y19.99) Note: PoisoniPrimary Care→
- Expressing Breastmilk & CupfeedingIMCI - Counsel the Mother or Caregiver on Infant and Young Child FeedingIMCI→
- Extemporaneous PreparationsStandard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List for South Africa, Hospital Level, Adults 2019 EditionEML (Adult)→
- External Oral Signs Symptoms: Acutely Swollen FaceExternal oral signs symptoms: Acutely swollen faceOther→
- Extra-Pyramidal Side EffectsDescription Medicine treatment Referral ICD-10 code: G21.1/G24.0/G25.8-9/Y11/Y13/Y88.0 + (T43.0-6/T43.8-9) Description Extra-pyramidal side effects (EPSE) may occur with any antipsychotic, but are most commonly due to haloperidol, risperidone, and flupenthixol and zuclopenthixol injections. At-risk groups include those with underlying medical conditions such as epilepsy, intellectual disability,Primary Care→
- Eye Disorders Please click on the link below to access the most up-to-date version of this guideline. The content on this page is currently being updated to align with the latest publication. Always check the version number at the bottom of the screen to confirm which version you are using. Click here to access the Adult-Hospital-Chapter-18-Eye-Disorders-with-supporting-NEMLC-report-2020-4-review-VersioEML (Adult)→
- Eye Infection (Age 2 months up to 5 years)IMCI - Child (Age 2 months up to 5 years)IMCI→
- Eye Infection, Complicated (Severe Eye Infection)Description General and supportive measures Medicine treatment Referral ICD-10 code: H44.0 DESCRIPTION Intensely painful eye infection characterised by a red eye with or without a discharge (excluding simple or non-painful conjunctivitis). Assess clinically for: Herpes conjunctivitis, indicated by vesicles on skin next to the eye. Loss of vision. Irregularity of the pupil. Haziness of the cornea.PEML (Paeds)→
- Eye InjuriesSee: Medical management of eye injury . Click here for the pdf . Standard Treatment Guidelines And Essential Medicines List For South Africa, Adult Hospital level, 2020-4_Version 1_June 2024 Chapter 20: Emergencies and InjuriesEML (Adult)→
- Eye Injury, Blunt or PenetratingEye InjuriesPrimary Care→
- Eye Injury, Chemical BurnEye InjuriesPrimary Care→
- Eye Injury/ Foreign BodiesEye InjuriesPrimary Care→
- FASTHUGThe following evidence based interventions have been shown to decrease the time of intubation and impact on morbidity and mortality.Other→
- Facility-level InterventionsSupporting the Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy Framework and the Guidelines on Implementation of the Antimicrobial Strategy in South Africa: One Health Approach and Governance, 2018Other→
- Failed Intubation - AdultAlgorithmOther→
- Family Planning Referrals from Primary CareIntra-uterine contraceptive copper or levonorgestrel device Implants Injectable contraception INTRA-UTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE COPPER OR LEVONORGESTREL DEVICE General Measures ICD-10 code: N92.0-1 + (Z30.5) Where there is excessive bleeding after insertion of IUCD or levonorgestrel device: Exclude perforation of the uterus. Irregular bleeding and/or cramping for >3 months: ICD-10 code: N92.1/EML (Adult)→
- Febrile NeutropeniaDescription General Measures Medicine Treatment Referral/Consultation D70 DESCRIPTION Febrile neutropenia is conventionally defined as an absolute neutrophil count of <0.5 x 10 9 /L with a temperature of greater than 38°C for >1 hour or a single temperature of 38.3°C, but any neutropaenic patient showing clinical signs of sepsis should be investigated. Note: - This is a medical emergenEML (Adult)→
- Febrile SeizuresSeizures (Convulsions/Fits)Primary Care→
- Febrile SeizuresFebrile SeizuresOther→
- Febrile SeizuresApproach to febrile seizures in paediatric patientsOther→
- Febrile SeizuresDescription Diagnostic criteria General and supportive measures Medicine treatment Referral R56.0 DESCRIPTION Febrile seizures occur between the ages of 6 months and 6 years of age in association with a significant fever (>38.5°C) in the absence of an intracranial infection and are typically associated with viral upper respiratory tract infections. These are the most common type of seizures inPEML (Paeds)→
- Feeding AssessmentIMCI - Counsel the Mother or Caregiver on Infant and Young Child FeedingIMCI→
- Feeding Problems CounsellingIMCI - Counsel the Mother or Caregiver on Infant and Young Child FeedingIMCI→
- Feeding Recommendations from 6 MonthsIMCI - Counsel the Mother or Caregiver on Infant and Young Child FeedingIMCI→
- Feeding and Eating DisordersFeeding and Eating DisordersPEML (Paeds)→
- Feeding and Growth: Breastfed and Non-Breastfed Infants (Birth up to 2 months)IMCI - Young Infant (Birth up to 2 months)IMCI→
- Female SterilizationThis 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.Other→
- Fetal MonitoringThe 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.Other→
- Fetal Monitoring and CTGFetal Monitoring and CTGOther→
- FeverDescription General Measures Medicine Treatment Referral ICD-10 codes: R50.0-1/R50.8-9 DESCRIPTION Fever, i.e. temperature ≥38°C, is a natural and sometimes useful response to infection, inflammation or infarction. Fever alone is not a diagnosis. Fever may be associated with convulsions in children <6 years of age, but is not a cause of the convulsions. Note: TemperaPrimary Care→
- Fever (Age 2 months up to 5 years)IMCI - Child (Age 2 months up to 5 years)IMCI→
- Fever - Other Cause - Follow-UpIMCI - Child (Age 2 months up to 5 years)IMCI→
- Fever and SweatingAn approach to symptom management to guide decision-making in the management of patients with life-threatening illnessOther→
- First Presentation of Behavioural DisturbancePSYCHIATRY: First Presentation of Behavioural DisturbanceOther→
- First Steps in Resuscitation of the NewbornNational Neonatal Resuscitation GuidelinesOther→
- First-Line ART Regimens in Adults, Adolescents, Pregnant Women, Children, Infants, and Neonates2019 ART Clinical GuidelinesOther→
- First-Line ART Regimens in Children / Starting ART for ChildrenIMCI - Anti-retroviral therapy (ART)IMCI→
- Fixed Drug EruptionsAllergiesPrimary Care→
- Flash Pasteurisation Method (For Expressed Breastmilk)Management guidelines for students, interns and registrars on a variety of routine and emergency situations in our neonatal service at Tygerberg Children’s Hospital. Published in 2014.Other→
- Flattening the CurveCOVID-19 Rapid Review, Tuesday, 21 April 2020Other→
- Flow Chart for the Management of Breastfed Babies at Risk for HypoglycaemiaManagement guidelines for students, interns and registrars on a variety of routine and emergency situations in our neonatal service at Tygerberg Children’s Hospital. Published in 2014.Other→
- Flow of Behaviourly Disturbed Patients Along the Care ContinuumFlow of Behaviourly Disturbed Patients Along the Care ContinuumOther→
- Fluid management and electrolytesFeeds and fluids TPN (parenteral nutrition) Hypoglycaemia Hyperglycaemia Electrolytes requirements of the newborn Hyponatraemia Hypernatraemia Potassium Calcium Magnesium Feeds and fluids Fluids are initially restricted below normal neonatal requirements of 150ml/kg/day because babies are born with a high total body water. However, inOther→