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The list below details all additions & changes to content on this site since January 2022

Date Page added/updated

29/08/2023

Updated: Mucositis - diagnosis and treatment

17/07/2023

New: Infant spinal anaesthesia, a guide

New: Helicobacter pylori infection in children

Updated: Radiological imaging transfer / viewing guidance

27/06/2023

New: Scottish Paediatric Consensus Treatment Guideline for Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Temporally Associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS)

21/06/2023

Updated: Venesection for iron overload

Updated: Spillage procedures for chemotherapy

14/06/2023

Updated: Anti-emetics in haemato-oncology

13/06/2023

Updated: Managing sexual activity in young people: recognition and criteria for referral

31/05/2023

New: Electrical injuries guideline RHCG

Updated: Next Day Surgical Procedures (fasting guidance) – parent information leaflet

24/05/2023

Updated: Diagnosis, treatment and management of UTI in children RHC Glasgow

New: RHCG Paracetamol overdose guidance - 12-hr shortened N-acetylcysteine dosing schedule (SNAP protocol)

15/05/2023

Updated: Postnatal management of fetal arrhythmias

Removed: Antibiotic management of Group A Streptococcus (GAS, Strep. pyogenes) infection in children

18/04/2023

Updated: Immediate Post-operative Management of the Modified Blalock-Taussig Shunt (BTS) & central shunts

23/03/2023

Updated:Hypoglycaemia : term infants

Updated: Jaundice : neonatal guideline

22/03/2023

Updated: Adrenaline auto injector prescription guideline

New: Preseptal cellulitis guidance in children

21/03/2023

Updated: Antibiotic guidelines for the neonatal unit

Updated: Thermal care of the neonate

06/02/2023

Removed: Management of mpox, RHC - this guideline has now been archived.

Updated: Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) Guideline

31/01/2023

New: Antibiotic management of suspected or confirmed invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) infection in children

24/01/2023

Updated: Hypertension in children & young people

23/01/2023

Updated: Management of mpox, RHCG

10/01/2023

Removed: Paediatric Cardiology Guideline for managing referrals with pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19 (PIMS-TS)

Updated: Sedation for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures on children with cardiac conditions on Ward 1E

09/01/2023

New: Acute respiratory distress syndrome in infants, children and young people

Updated: Jehovah's Witness management, paediatric patients

Updated: Eye infections in the neonate

Updated: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) - congenital infection

Updated: Haematology guideline - neonates

16/12/2022

New: Antibiotic management of Group A Streptococcus (GAS, Strep. pyogenes) infection in children

14/12/2022

Updated: Immunisation guideline for children with chronic kidney disease

Updated: Guideline for craniofacial & neurosurgical pre-operative blood product ordering RHC (previously named Craniofacial and neurosurgical surgery, crossmatching for)

12/12/2022

Updated: Hyperglycemia in the neonate

Updated: Volume Targeted Ventilation: indication and use in the Neonatal Unit

New: Hyperkalaemia: a guideline for management in neonates

New: Cutaneous congenital anomalies

15/11/2022

Updated: Prevention, treatment & follow-up of extravasation with SACT

Updated: Role of Phlebotomists

08/11/2022

Updated: Vitamin K prophylaxis for neonates

31/10/2022

Updated: Management of monkeypox, RHCG

Updated: Early onset sepsis in the neonate: prevention and treatment

25/10/2022

New: Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) : surgical ligation

Updated: Seizures in the neonate

Updated: Capillary blood sampling

24/10/2022

New: MRI Imaging Out of Hours: Acute Spinal Trauma, RHCG

11/10/2022

New: Investigation of early developmental impairment in children

Updated: Tranexamic acid in paediatric surgery and trauma

06/10/2022

Updated: Neonatal thyrotoxicosis

04/10/2022

Updated: Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome in children, management

Updated: Seldinger chest drain insertion and management

28/09/2022

Updated: Developmental dysplasia of the hips (appendix 2 - Clyde referral letter)

14/09/2022

Updated: Management of monkeypox

Updated: Oral sucrose for procedural pain

05/09/2022

New: Phototherapy for neonatal jaundice

31/08/2022

New: Retinopathy of prematurity

29/08/2022

Updated: Clostridioides (Clostridium) Difficile Infection (CDI) in children: diagnosis and management

Updated: Management of Paediatric SVT

02/08/2022

Updated: Surgical and Urological Advice for RHCG ED

01/08/2022

New: Free flap monitoring guideline

26/07/2022

New: Varicella zoster infection (chickenpox): management in children

25/07/2022

New: Unscheduled CAMHS referral flowchart

Updated: RHCG Fracture Management Guidance

15/07/2022

New: Management of atopic eczema in children

07/07/2022

Updated: IV fluid monograph: adding potassium or glucose to plasmalyte

06/07/2022

Updated: Temperature Management: Bladder temperature (PCCU)

Updated: Sp02 monitoring in the highly depend or critically ill infant or child

24/06/2022

New: Initial diagnosis of Macrophage Activation Syndrome

New: Complex care management for children and young people with Exceptional Health Care Needs protocol

22/06/2022

Updated: Trisomy 21 - Care Pathway

20/06/2022

Updated: Guideline for audiological investigation in cystic fibrosis patients at RHC Glasgow

Updated: Eradication of Burkholderia Species in Children with Cystic Fibrosis, Paediatrics

Updated: Eradication of Haemophilus Influenzae in Children with Cystic Fibrosis, Paediatrics

13/06/2022

Updated: Acute neonatal referral pathways

06/06/2022

Updated: Major Incident Plan V12

New: Major Paediatric Trauma - Imaging Flowchart

02/06/2022

Updated: Management of monkeypox, RHC Glasgow V1.2

30/05/2022

New: Management of monkeypox, RHC Glasgow

24/05/2022

Updated: Antibiotic Guidelines for the Neonatal Unit

19/05/2022

Updated: Neonatal intubation (emergency drugs table in appendix 1 amended) 

18/05/2022

New: Bathing newborn infants

16/05/2022

Updated: Anaemia in children and young people with chronic kidney disease

Updated: Acute neonatal referral pathways

11/05/2022

New: West of Scotland Paediatric Hepatitis Pathway

09/05/2022

Updated: Health assessment of children and young people with Down’s Syndrome - guidance for healthcare professionals, Paediatrics

New: Postnatal management of infants born to parents affected by LQT syndrome

New: Young people with congenital cardiac conditions: transition and medical transfer from paediatric to adult care

New: Fasting guidance for children with Congenital Heart Disease

Updated: Sickle cell protocol

13/04/2022

Updated: Anti-fungal policy (hamatology/oncology)

Updated: Anti-viral policy (hamatology/oncology)

Updated: Blood transfusion in children with haematological / oncological disease and following haemopoietic stem cell transplant

Updated: Policy & Guidelines for the Safe Prescribing, Dispensing & Administration of Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT)

New: Status Epilepticus Management

29/03/2022

New: Scottish paediatric and adolescent infection and immunology network pathway for nMABs for non-hospitalised adolescents with COVID-19

23/03/2022

Updated: Wellbeing

Updated: RHC Peer Support

16/03/2022

New: Paediatric pathway for administration of Sotrovimab

New: Home oxygen therapy for neonates

Updated: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) guidance

New: Occupational Health Management Referral Process

01/03/2022

Updated: MRSA in paediatric cystic fibrosis patients, eradication and treatment

Updated: Eradication of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in Children with Cystic Fibrosis

28/02/2022

Updated: Major Incident Plan

24/02/2022

New: Carvedilol initiation and dose increase

New: Management of Paediatric SVT

16/02/2022

Updated: Proteinuria on urinalysis in the Emergency Department

Temporarily removed: Sickle cell SOP

New: Cardio-respiratory investigation & management of adolescents with pectus excavatum

09/02/2022

Updated: Pain in children, management in the ED

04/02/2022

New: Postnatal management of a right or double aortic arch, Paediatrics

New: Osgood Schlatter’s Disease: Information for parents and young people

18/01/2022

Updated: Guidance and application of En-Plugs-S (ENP-S) 4cm in gastrostomy care, SOP

Updated: Intravenous fluid guidance for previously well children aged >7 days to 16 years

Updated: RHC Practical Fracture Management Guidance for use during COVID-19 crisis

17/01/2022

Updated: Cardiac patient pathway

11/01/2022

Updated: Prophylaxis against gram negative and fungal infections in immunocompromised babies, children & young people with a Central Venous Access Device (CVAD)

Updated: Antibiotic prophylaxis for paediatric surgery

Updated: Pregnancy testing guidelines for girls aged 12 yrs & over (RHC)

Updated: Cholangitis pathway

10/01/2022

Updated: Neonatal Pain Guideline

Updated: One lung ventilation & bronchial blocker guideline

05/01/2022

Updated: Neonatal transfusion guideline