Other Guidelines

GGC Paediatric Guidelines
NHS GGC

The guidelines listed within this section are used within RHCG but produced by external organisations. While the links are regularly checked for currency, we would appreciate reports of any errors or changes. 

Acute kidney injury: prevention, detection and management (NICE NG148)

Allergy care pathways (RCPCH)

Anaphylaxis: assessment and referral after emergency treatment (NICE CG134)

Antimicrobial stewardship: systems and processes for effective antimicrobial medicine use (NICE NG15)

Assessment, diagnosis and interventions for autism spectrum disorders (SIGN 145)

Association of Paediatric Palliative Care Master Formulary 5th ed

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: diagnosis and management (NG87)

Blood transfusion (NICE NG24)

British guideline on the management of asthma (SIGN 158)

Bronchiolitis in children: diagnosis and management (SIGN NG9)

BSPGHAN Guideline for the Investigation of Neonatal Conjugated Jaundice

BSPGHAN Investigation and treatment of liver disease with acute onset

Burn dressing guideline (COBIS)

Caring for the child/young person with a tracheostomy (NHS HIS Best Practice Statement)

Cerebral palsy in under 25s: assessment and management ( NICE NG62)

Child abuse and neglect (NICE NG76)

Child maltreatment: when to suspect maltreatment in under 16s (NICE CG89)

Children and young people exposed prenatally to alcohol (SIGN 156)

Constipation in children and young people: diagnosis and management (NICE CG99)

Cough (acute): antimicrobial prescribing (NG120)

Crohn’s disease: management (NICE NG129)

DAS - Extubation Guidelines: 'at risk' Algorithm

DAS - Extubation Guidelines: Basic Algorithm

DAS - Extubation Guidelines: Low Risk Algorithm

Depression in children and young people: identification and management (NG134)

Diabetes (type 1 & type 2) in children and young people: diagnosis and management (NICE NG18)

Diarrhoea and vomiting caused by gastroenteritis in under 5s: diagnosis and management (NICE CG84)

Emergency treatment of anaphylaxis: guidelines for healthcare providers (Resuscitation Council)

End of life care for infants, children and young people with life-limiting conditions: planning and management (NICE NG61)

Epilepsies in children and young people: investigative procedures and management (SIGN 159)

Epilepsies in children, young people and adults (NICE NG217)

ESPGHAN new guidelines for the diagnosis of paediatric coeliac disease

FANS paediatric pathway for inherited arrhthmias

Fever in under 5s: assessment and initial management (NICE NG143)

Fluid resuscitation protocol in burns - specific ICU fluid guidance (COBIS)

Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in children and young people: diagnosis and management (NICE NG1)

Good practice in postoperative and procedural pain management (APA 2nd ed)

Greenbook Chapter 14a: COVID-19

Head injury: assessment and early management (NICE NG232)

Intravenous fluid therapy in children and young people in hospital (NICE NG29)

Jaundice in newborn babies under 28 days (NICE CG98)

Management of airway burns and inhalation injury, paediatric (COBIS)

Management of children and young people with an acute decrease in conscious level (RCPCH)

Management of ulcerative colitis (NICE NG130)

Meningitis (bacterial) and meningococcal septicaemia in under 16s: recognition, diagnosis and management (NICE CG102)

National guidance for the management of children in hospital with viral respiratory tract infections (RCPCH 2023)

Nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir, sotrovimab and tocilizumab for treating COVID-19 (NICE TA878)

Non-accidental burns and scalds in children (COBIS)

Nutrition in thermal injuries, paediatric (COBIS)

Organ donation for transplantation: improving donor identification and consent rates for deceased organ donation (NICE CG135)

Paediatric difficult airway guidelines (DAS)

Paediatric Sepsis 6

Physical signs of child sexual abuse (RCPCH)

Pre-procedure pregnancy checking for under-16s: guidance for clinicians (RCPCH)

Prophylaxis against infective endocarditis: antimicrobial prophylaxis against infective endocarditis in adults and children undergoing interventional procedures (NICE CG64)

Referral criteria for transfer of patients to National Burn Centre in Scotland (COBIS)

Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines

Sedation in under 19s: using sedation for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures (NICE CG112)

Self-harm: assessment, management and preventing recurrence (NICE NG225)

Sickle cell disease: managing acute painful episodes in hospital (NICE CG143)

Spasticity in under 19s: management (NICE CG145)

Stroke in childhood: clinical guideline for diagnosis, management and rehabilitation (RCPCH 2017)

Sudden unexpected death in infancy and childhood: Multi-agency guidelines for care and investigation

Surgical site infections: prevention and treatment (NICE NG125)

Therapy management of burns (COBIS)

Transitional care for individuals injured by burns, paediatric (COBIS)

UKRC 2021 - Adult advanced life support

UKRC 2021 - Adult Basic Life Support

Advanced Life Support Paediatric (Resuscitation Council)

Basic Life Support Paediatric (Resuscitation Council)

Cardiac Arrhythmias Algorithm (Resuscitation Council)

Newborn Life Support (Resuscitation Council)

UKRC 2021 - Post-resuscitation care