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Anaesthetics
- Acute pain relief services protocol (APRS)
- Adrenal insufficiency protocol for children who require surgery, procedure or dental extractions
- Antibiotic prophylaxis for paediatric surgery
- Antibiotic prophylaxis in paediatric cardiothoracic surgery
- Blood Product ordering - best practice guide
- Conscious sedation in the Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory RHC, Glasgow
- COVID-19 Theatre Processes RHC Glasgow
- Dexmedetomidine for continuous IV infusion in Cardiac Theatres, Paediatric
- Diabetes mellitus, management during surgery
- Endotracheal tubes, cuffed
- Fentanyl NCA / PCA pilot - Ward 3c (Renal)
- Fibreoptic guided tracheal intubation through supraglottic airway device (SAD): using an airway exchange catheter in children
- Fibreoptic intubation: a guide to scopes, equipment and where to find everything
- Guideline for craniofacial & neurosurgical pre-operative blood product ordering RHC
- Infant spinal anaesthesia, a guide
- Intravenous fluid guidance for previously well children aged >7 days to 16 years
- IV fluid monograph: adding potassium or glucose to plasmalyte
- Jehovah's Witness management, paediatric patients
- Management of the difficult airway, neonates
- MRI under general anaesthetic: pathway for paediatric patients with congenital heart disease
- Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) Guideline
- Neurosurgical pre-operative investigations
- Nitric Oxide administration in MRI
- One lung ventilation & bronchial blocker guideline
- Paediatric craniofacial endoscopic strip craniectomy (ESC) with helmet therapy : standard operating procedure
- Paediatric IV to oral antibiotic switch therapy (IVOST) guideline
- Premedication guideline for paediatric patients prior to general anaesthesia
- Preoperative fasting of elective patients, Royal Hospital for Children
- Rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia for intubation: checklist
- Rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia for intubation: intubation drugs
- Sedation for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures on children with cardiac conditions on Ward 1E
- Setting up the 4.0mm Digital Storz™ Fibrescope with the Storz™ C-MAC
- Size compatibility of airway equipment in children, ETT and LMA
- Tonsil surgery at RHC Glasgow
- Total Intravenous Anaesthesia (TIVA) : a guide to using propofol and remifentanil mixed in the same syringe
- Tranexamic acid in paediatric surgery and trauma
- Author Guidance
- Biochemistry
- Burns
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Cardiac
- Alfentanil and Remifentanil Weaning in Ventilated Post-operative Cardiac Patients in PICU
- Antibiotic prophylaxis in paediatric cardiothoracic surgery
- Anticoagulation Therapy for Post-op Cardiac Patients in PICU
- Blood Product ordering - best practice guide
- Booking Emergency Theatre Cases
- Cardiac Arrhythmias Algorithm (Resuscitation Council)
- Cardiac genetics pathway for infants with congenital heart disease and the appropriate utilisation of irradiated blood
- Cardiac patient pathway, RHC Glasgow
- Cardiac transplant patient - paediatric acute care management pathway
- Cardiomyopathy and myocarditis investigations protocol
- Cardio-respiratory investigation & management of adolescents with pectus excavatum
- Carvedilol initiation and dose increase
- Child Death Review procedures, RHC
- Congenital heart disease patient pathways
- Conscious sedation in the Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory RHC, Glasgow
- Dexmedetomidine for continuous IV infusion in Cardiac Theatres, Paediatric
- Fasting guidance for children with Congenital Heart Disease
- Home monitoring programme for children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome following Stage 1 Norwood or Hybrid Procedure
- Home monitoring programme for children with shunt or ductal stent dependent congenital heart disease
- Hypercyanotic episodes in tetralogy of fallot
- Immediate Post-operative Management of the Modified Blalock-Taussig Shunt (BTS) & central shunts
- Incidental murmur
- Inpatient echocardiograms not requiring Cardiology consultation
- Isoprenaline Hydrochloride for paediatric complete heart block
- Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia (JET), post operative
- Management of failing Hickman Line for pulmonary hypertension patients on IV Epoprostenol infusion
- Management of Paediatric SVT
- MRI under general anaesthetic: pathway for paediatric patients with congenital heart disease
- Paediatric cardiac & thoracic surgery and cardiology ordering schedule for blood & blood products
- Postnatal management of a right or double aortic arch, Paediatrics
- Postnatal management of fetal arrhythmias
- Postnatal management of infants born to parents affected by LQT syndrome
- Pre-operative management of anticoagulation therapy pathway for paediatric patients with congenital heart disease
- Pre-operative viral screening and timing of cardiac surgery in children with congenital heart disease
- Prophylaxis for infective endocarditis in dental patients undergoing interventional procedures (adults and children)
- Restrictive right heart SOP
- Sedation for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures on children with cardiac conditions on Ward 1E
- Temporary epicardial pacing after cardiac surgery
- Temporary epicardial pacing wire removal for patients on Ward 1E, RHC
- Tranexamic acid in paediatric surgery and trauma
- Young people with congenital cardiac conditions: transition and medical transfer from paediatric to adult care
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Child Protection
- Child Death Review procedures, RHC
- Child protection bundle: Emergency Department & Minor Injury Unit (adult & children)
- Child Protection pathways where concern for neglect or abuse - RHC ED
- Child Protection Policies & Procedures [Staffnet]
- Child sexual exploitation, recognition and response: guidance for health staff
- Children with orthopaedic injuries raising child protection concerns, a best practice guide
- Complex care management for children and young people with Exceptional Health Care Needs protocol
- Digital camera policy: ED & SSW
- Domestic abuse, identifying and responding to within NHSGGC Children's Services
- Guideline for Emergency Departments, Minor Injury Units and Receiving Units where a child or young person presents under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs
- Maltreatment in children under the age of 1: injury proforma [Staffnet]
- Managing sexual activity in young people: recognition and criteria for referral
- Pathway for children admitted to PICU at RHC when there is a concern of abuse or neglect
- Pregnancy testing guidelines for girls aged 12 yrs & over (RHC)
- Raising a Notification of Concern: Child Protection Service guidance for staff
- Recognition and management of maltreatment in infants (children under the age of 1)
- Social work contact details, Scotland
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Craniofacial
- Craniofacial Ophthalmology referral pathway
- Craniosynostosis postoperative care pathway
- Guideline for craniofacial & neurosurgical pre-operative blood product ordering RHC
- Paediatric craniofacial endoscopic strip craniectomy (ESC) with helmet therapy : standard operating procedure
- Paediatric craniofacial surgery open procedures : standard operating procedure
- Scottish National Centre for Craniofacial Surgery for children & young people : referral pathway
- Tranexamic acid in paediatric surgery and trauma
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Dentistry
- Adrenal insufficiency protocol for children who require surgery, procedure or dental extractions
- Antibiotic prophylaxis for paediatric surgery
- Diabetes mellitus, management during surgery
- Mucositis - diagnosis and treatment
- Prophylaxis for infective endocarditis in dental patients undergoing interventional procedures (adults and children)
- Dermatology
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Diabetes
- Diabetes "Hot Nurse" - 84646
- Diabetes mellitus, management during surgery
- Diabetes, new presentations and suspected diagnoses
- Diabetic ketoacidosis including fluid calculation sheet
- Hypoglycaemia
- Incidental hyperglycaemia / glycosuria
- Insulin pumps and glucose monitoring in hospital
- Intermittent / borderline hyperglycaemia
- Timed overnight urine collections: instructions for parents
- Vitamin D pathway for coeliac disease
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Emergency Medicine
- Acute Asthma Management, Children Under 2 years, Emergency Department
- Acute Medical Receiving - streaming from ED direct to CDU
- Acute neonatal referral pathways
- Acute otitis externa in children, Emergency Department
- Acute pain relief services protocol (APRS)
- Acute replacement of gastrostomy tubes (Emergency Department SOP)
- Acute Sore Throat
- Acute wheeze in children 2 years and older: assessment and management
- Acute wheeze: escalation to intravenous therapy for Acute Wheeze Integrated Care Pathway (ICP) for patients over 2 years old
- Acutely disturbed or challenging behaviour in children with learning disabilities & / or ASD (aged 5-18 years)
- Adrenal insufficiency in children, emergency management protocol
- Adrenal suppression secondary to exogenous glucocorticoid - guidance for children on long term steroid therapy
- Adrenaline auto injector prescription guideline
- Antibiotic management of suspected or confirmed invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) infection in children
- Antibiotic prophylaxis for paediatric surgery
- Antidote locations for RHCG
- Aspiration of a foreign body
- Atraumatic painful limb
- Bell's Palsy
- Bomb blast injuries in children: antibiotic management
- Brief Resolved Unexplained Event or BRUE (ALTE guideline update)
- Bronchiolitis parent information leaflet
- Buckle fracture
- Burn, looking after your child's (ED parent advice sheet)
- Burns – admission & follow up guidance
- Burns, airway and smoke inhalation in children
- Call out of cardiac theatre and perfusion team for advanced trauma call
- Cardiac transplant patient - paediatric acute care management pathway
- Child Death Review procedures, RHC
- Child protection bundle: Emergency Department & Minor Injury Unit (adult & children)
- Child Protection pathways where concern for neglect or abuse - RHC ED
- Child Protection Policies & Procedures [Staffnet]
- Child sexual exploitation, recognition and response: guidance for health staff
- Clinical operation policy for ALL CT imaging requests from the Emergency Department Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow
- Community Nursing Teams - Scotland, contact numbers
- Conjunctivitis: management in children
- Constipation in children
- Critical Care Adolescent Patient Pathway
- Croup
- Decreased consciousness level in children: management of
- Diabetes mellitus, management during surgery
- Diabetes, new presentations and suspected diagnoses
- Diabetic ketoacidosis including fluid calculation sheet
- Diagnosis, treatment and management of UTI in children RHC Glasgow
- Digital camera policy: ED & SSW
- Discarded needles, managing injuries from needles discarded in the community
- Domestic abuse, identifying and responding to within NHSGGC Children's Services
- Electrical injuries guideline RHCG
- Emergency contraception
- Emergency paediatric tracheostomy management
- Empirical antibiotic therapy in children
- Epistaxis management in children
- Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) guidance
- Escalation policy to maintain safety - RHC Standard Operating Procedure
- Febrile convulsion parent information leaflet
- Febrile neutropenia, out of hours pathway for RHC
- Fever in the returning paediatric traveller
- Feverish Illness in Children (< 5 years) Paediatric Emergency Department, RHC
- First afebrile seizure, management
- Fracture manipulation management for RHC ED
- Gastroenteritis in children
- Glasgow Emergency Paediatric ECG Guideline (GEPEG)
- Guidance for patients with suspected plague (Yersinia pestis infection): RHC ED
- Guideline for contacting the ED consultant on call between Midnight and 9am
- Guideline for Emergency Departments, Minor Injury Units and Receiving Units where a child or young person presents under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs
- Haematuria, management and investigation in Paediatrics
- Haemophilia protocol
- Hand and finger fractures
- Head injury / concussion advice leaflet for parents/guardians
- Head injury guideline (Emergency Department)
- Headaches in children
- Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (HSP) – ‘New’ patient follow-up SOP
- How to add a patient to the ED expects list - RHC ED
- How to complete a notification of concern form (ED SOP)
- Hypercyanotic episodes in tetralogy of fallot
- Hypoglycaemia management, Paediatric Emergency Department
- Incidental hyperglycaemia / glycosuria
- Incidental murmur
- Ingested foreign bodies, Emergency Department
- Initial diagnosis of Macrophage Activation Syndrome
- Intermittent / borderline hyperglycaemia
- Intoxicated child/adolescent flow chart
- Intravenous fluid guidance for previously well children aged >7 days to 16 years
- IV Ketamine Paediatric Sedation Proforma
- Jehovah's Witness management, paediatric patients
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), management in children
- Ketamine sedation: information leaflet for parents and caregivers
- Laboratory Chain of Evidence form & notes for use in the ED
- Major haemorrhage protocol
- Major Incident Plan, RHC
- Major Paediatric Trauma - Imaging Flowchart
- Major Trauma Single Point of Contact (SPOC) SOP – RHCG
- Malaria treatment guidelines, paediatrics
- Maltreatment in children under the age of 1 year, recognition and management
- Maltreatment in children under the age of 1: injury proforma [Staffnet]
- Management of acutely disturbed or challenging behaviour in children aged 5-12 years
- Management of atopic eczema in children
- Management of inter-hospital transfers by RHC Emergency Department
- Management of mpox - RHC Glasgow
- Management of the Child with a Non-Blanching Rash (NBR): (i.e. Petechiae, Purpura & Ecchymoses)
- Managing SAS pre-alert for newborns delivered in the community - RHC ED
- Managing sexual activity in young people: recognition and criteria for referral
- Medical Acute Receiving Unit Guide for Hi-Flo (AIRVO) Use in Bronchiolitis
- MERS - Middle East Respiratory Syndrome - RHC ED patient pathway guidance
- Moving and handling the child with suspected/diagnosed spinal injury: application of Miami-Jr and Miami J collar, Standard Operating Procedure
- Moving and handling the child with suspected/diagnosed spinal injury: log rolling, Standard Operating Procedure
- MRI Imaging Out of Hours: Acute Spinal Trauma, RHCG
- Nasal injuries
- Nasal injury advice sheet (parent information)
- Needlestick injuries and exposure to blood and high risk body fluids: initial action plan
- New psychoactive substances (NPS): Emergency Department guidance
- Next Day Surgical Procedures (fasting guidance) – parent information leaflet
- Notification of diseases to Public Health
- Orbital cellulitis protocol, ENT department
- Paediatric General Surgery - Processes in ED
- Paediatric neck lumps (diagnosis and management)
- Paediatric Procedural Sedation with IV Ketamine SOP – RHCG ED
- Paediatric Transfer Documentation – GG&C
- Paediatric Transfer Traffic Light : risk assessment
- Pain in children, management in the ED
- Pneumonia, community acquired: guideline in children
- Pregnancy testing guidelines for girls aged 12 yrs & over (RHC)
- Procedure for notification of child deaths [Staffnet]
- Proteinuria on urinalysis in the Emergency Department
- Pulled elbow
- Rabies risk assessment and treatment following bat exposure
- Radiological imaging transfer / viewing guidance
- Rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia for intubation: checklist
- Rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia for intubation: intubation drugs
- Rapid tranquilisation of young people aged 12-17 years, algorithm
- Referral Criteria for Paediatric Continence Service
- Referral Pathway for Paediatric Continence Service
- Referral Pathways for Head Injury Patients from Emergency Departments to RHC
- Referral to Paediatric Major Trauma Centres in Scotland
- Refugee and asylum-seeking children and young people: guidelines for use in the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow
- RHC ED debriefing proforma
- RHC ED Front-door greeter SOP
- RHC ED 'Who Takes What?' referrals - Orthopaedics/Plastics/Neurosurgery
- RHC ED, CDU & Outpatient pathway for Infants with suspected Non IgE Cows milk protein allergy (CMPA)
- RHC Fracture Clinic Pathway & how to arrange follow up (Ortho & Physiotherapy)
- RHC Glasgow - Acute admissions winter respiratory virus PCR testing
- RHC Measles guidance
- RHCG Fracture Management Guidance
- RHCG Major Trauma Team Emergency Department Activation and Response - Standard Operating Procedure
- RHCG Paracetamol overdose guidance - 12-hr shortened N-acetylcysteine dosing schedule (SNAP protocol)
- Roles and responsibilities of ED-based junior paediatric staff
- Status Epilepticus Management
- Sudden unexpected death in infancy and childhood: Multi-agency guidelines for care and investigation
- Surgical and Urological Advice for RHCG ED
- Suspected vascular injury clinical care pathway
- Tertiary Survey Proforma for trauma – RHCG
- Tetanus vaccination in children
- Tissue adhesives (management of accidental injury)
- Torticollis (congenital and acquired) in children
- Tranexamic acid in paediatric surgery and trauma
- Trauma team roles and responsibilities
- Unplanned return patient checklist, ED RHC
- Unscheduled CAMHS referral flowchart
- Upper limb injuries: assessment of neurological status
- Urticaria not associated with anaphylaxis: management in children
- Varicella zoster infection (chickenpox): management in children
- Viral Haemorrhagic Fever (VHF) patient pathway 2021 (Paediatric ED)
- Virtual Fracture Clinic – Parent information leaflet
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Endocrinology
- Adrenal insufficiency in children, emergency management protocol
- Adrenal insufficiency protocol for children who require surgery, procedure or dental extractions
- Adrenal suppression secondary to exogenous glucocorticoid - guidance for children on long term steroid therapy
- Congenital hypothyroidism in Scotland, guidelines for the management of
- Diabetes insipidus diagnosis and management (Including fluid management in children following suprasellar tumour surgery)
- Nutritional Vitamin D deficiency in children & adolescents, guidelines for the management of
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ENT
- Acute otitis externa in children, Emergency Department
- Acute sore throat
- Antibiotic prophylaxis for paediatric surgery
- Aspiration of a foreign body
- Empirical antibiotic therapy in children
- Epistaxis management in children
- Mucositis - diagnosis and treatment
- Nasal injuries
- Nasal injury advice sheet (parent information)
- Orbital cellulitis protocol, ENT department
- Paediatric neck lumps (diagnosis and management)
- Tonsil surgery at RHC Glasgow
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Gastroenterology
- Cholangitis pathway
- Distal Intestinal Obstruction Syndrome (DIOS) , adhesional obstruction and severe constipation management in children with cystic fibrosis
- Gastrostomy tubes: information for parents, carers, and health professionals
- Guidance and application of EN-PLUG-S (ENP-S) 4cm in gastrostomy care, SOP
- Helicobacter pylori infection in children
- Proton Pump Inhibitor guideline for neonates and paediatrics
- WoSPGHAN enteral tube feeding information pack for healthcare professionals
- General Hospital Policies
- Genetics
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Haematology/Oncology
- Acute pain relief services protocol (APRS)
- Adrenal suppression secondary to exogenous glucocorticoid: guidance for children on long term steroid therapy
- Antibiotic prophylaxis for paediatric surgery
- Anti-emetics in haemato-oncology patients with chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting (CINV)
- Anti-fungal policy (haematology/oncology)
- Anti-Thrombotic therapy, Haematology
- Anti-viral policy (haematology/oncology)
- Blood transfusion in children with haematological / oncological disease and following haemopoietic stem cell transplant
- Booster immunisation of patients treated with standard dose chemotherapy
- Central Venous Access Device (CVAD) guidance for RHC Glasgow
- Chemotherapy-induced hypersensitivity
- Child Death Review procedures, RHC
- Fluid and electrolytes (Haemato-oncology patients, Schiehallion)
- Haemophilia protocol
- Intrathecal SACT assessment questions
- Investigation & Management of chemotherapy & radiotherapy induced diarrhoea & constipation in Haematology/Oncology (non-HSCT) patients
- Management of neutropenia & fever: antibiotic policy
- Mucositis - diagnosis and treatment
- Paediatric IV to oral antibiotic switch therapy (IVOST) guideline
- Palliative care resource folder (Neonatal & Children's Services) [Staffnet]
- Policy and Guidelines for the Safe Prescribing, Dispensing and Administration of Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) for Children, Teenagers and Young Adults under the Care of the Haematology/Oncology Team RHC, Glasgow (Schiehallion Ward and Schiehallion Daycare Unit)
- Policy for administration of intrathecal chemotherapy
- Prevention, treatment & follow-up of extravasation with SACT
- Procedure for performing a diagnostic lumbar puncture & administration of intrathecal therapy
- Prophylaxis against gram negative and fungal infections in immunocompromised babies, children & young people with a Central Venous Access Device (CVAD)
- Role of Phlebotomists
- Sickle cell protocol
- Spillage procedures for chemotherapy
- Vascular access devices (VADs), care and maintenance
- Venesection for iron overload
- Imaging, Radiology, X-Ray
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Infectious Disease
- Booster immunisation of patients treated with standard dose chemotherapy
- Clostridioides (Clostridium) Difficile Infection (CDI) in children: diagnosis and management
- Empiric infection management guidelines, paediatrics, Primary Care
- Gastroenteritis in children
- Greenbook Chapter 14a: COVID-19
- Guidelines for the management of paediatric line-related sepsis
- Immunisation and best practice guideline
- Infection prevention and control homepage (NHSGGC website)
- Isolates reported as 'I' (susceptible increased exposure) - dosing schedules for neonates and children
- Malaria treatment guidelines, paediatrics
- Management of mpox - RHC Glasgow
- Management of neutropenia & fever: antibiotic policy
- MERS - Middle East Respiratory Syndrome - RHC ED patient pathway guidance
- Operational SOP for RHC OPAT – interim plan
- Paediatric IV to oral antibiotic switch therapy (IVOST) guideline
- Pathway for OPAT for children on once daily intravenous antibiotics
- Possible Viral Haemorrhagic Fever (VHF) Management in Adults and Children
- Protected Antibiotic Policy - Royal Hospital for Children (RHC)
- Rabies risk assessment and treatment following bat exposure
- RHC Measles guidance
- Scottish paediatric and adolescent infection and immunology network pathway for nMABs for non-hospitalised adolescents with COVID-19
- Scottish Paediatric Consensus Treatment Guideline for Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Temporally Associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS)
- Scottish Paediatric Treatment Guideline for Children in Hospital with Acute Covid-19
- Varicella zoster infection (chickenpox): management in children
- Viral Haemorrhagic Fever (VHF) patient pathway 2021 (Paediatric ED)
- West of Scotland Paediatric Hepatitis Pathway
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Intensive and critical care
- Abdominal pressure, measurement of
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome in infants, children and young people
- AIRVO 2 High-Flow Standard Operating Procedure
- Airway Burns and Inhalation Injury Management Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Alfentanil and Remifentanil Weaning in Ventilated Post-operative Cardiac Patients in PICU
- Anticoagulation Therapy for Post-op Cardiac Patients in PICU
- Anti-fungal prophylaxis in PICU: summary of recommendations
- Blind broncho-alveolar lavage (Blind BAL) (PICU)
- Blood culture collection
- Cardiac genetics pathway for infants with congenital heart disease and the appropriate utilisation of irradiated blood products
- Cardiac patient pathway, RHC Glasgow
- Cardiomyopathy and myocarditis investigations protocol
- Central Venous Access Device (CVAD) guidance for RHC Glasgow
- Covid-19 ventilator circuit and t-piece setup
- Critical Care Adolescent Patient Pathway
- Determining a child’s readiness for oral feeding, advice for staff: when to refer to Speech & Language Therapy
- Diabetes insipidus diagnosis and management (Including fluid management in children following suprasellar tumour surgery)
- Electrical injuries guideline RHCG
- Emergency paediatric tracheostomy management
- Endo-tracheal suction of the mechanically ventilated patient within the paediatric intensive care unit SOP
- Endotracheal tubes, cuffed
- Enoxaparin use in neonatal and paediatric critical care
- Enteral tubes: administration of medication via (PICU)
- EVD, transfer of child with: checklist
- Extra Ventricular Device guideline (EVD)
- Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) programme guidelines version 3
- Eye Care in PICU
- Fasting Guidance for Procedures on PICU Patients in PICU or Theatre
- General care issues for Paediatric Critical Care: nursing procedure
- Hamilton T1 transport ventilator set-up guide & pre-use checks
- Hyperkalaemia, emergency management of, PICU
- ICP monitoring SOP
- Immediate Post-operative Management of the Modified Blalock-Taussig Shunt (BTS) & central shunts
- Intravenous fluid guidance for previously well children aged >7 days to 16 years
- Intubation checklist, RHC PICU
- Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia (JET), post operative
- Large bore veno-venous lines (e.g. "GamCaths") - SOP for first usage and troubleshooting
- Managing body temperature: using a forced air warming device – 3M Bair Hugger® 775
- Manual Acute Peritoneal Dialysis in PICU (using the UTAH Medical / Femcare-Nikomed Dialy-Nate® closed peritoneal dialysis set)
- Moving and handling the child with suspected/diagnosed spinal injury: cervical spine immobilisation – application of a two piece collar
- Moving and handling the child with suspected/diagnosed spinal injury: cervical spine log rolling
- Nasal tracheal tube taping - PICU SOP
- Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) Guideline
- Neurosurgical patients fluid management
- Neurosurgical patients with shunts (admission pathway)
- Neurosurgical pre-operative investigations
- Neurosurgical shunt pathway
- Nitric Oxide administration in MRI
- Non-invasive Ventilation: Mask selection for PICU patients
- Nurse Led blind Insertion of naso jejunal tube in PICU
- Nutrition, enteral: introducing and establishing (PICU) & management of "High Risk Abdomen" patients
- Oral hygiene for the highly dependent or critically ill infant or child
- Oral tracheal tube taping - PICU SOP
- Paediatric craniofacial endoscopic strip craniectomy (ESC) with helmet therapy : standard operating procedure
- Paediatric Early Warning Score: PEWS
- Paediatric ICU Local Infection Prevention & Control Risk Assessment Specific to Covid-19
- Palliative care resource folder (Neonatal & Children's Services) [Staffnet]
- Pathway for children admitted to PICU at RHC when there is a concern of abuse or neglect
- PICU intra-hospital transfer guideline
- PICU respiratory samples - Trakcare
- PICU supportive care, monitoring, routine investigations and referral following cardiac arrest
- Point of care ultrasound for vascular access in PICU
- Prescribing and Preparing Intravenous Fluids in PICU
- Restrictive right heart SOP
- Skin anti-sepsis: Chloraprep guideline
- SpO2 monitoring in the highly dependent or critically ill infant or child
- Standard Infection Control Precautions (National Infection Prevention and Control Manual)
- Sudden unexpected death in infancy and childhood: Multi-agency guidelines for care and investigation
- Support Document for Emergency Assessment + Management of Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) in children & young people who require transfer to: RHSCE or RHCG
- Temperature management : axilla temperature (Tempa.DOT) (PCCU)
- Temperature management : bladder temperature (PCCU)
- Temperature management : rectal temperature (PCCU)
- Temperature management : tympanic temperature (PCCU)
- Temporary epicardial pacing after cardiac surgery
- Tranexamic acid in paediatric surgery and trauma
- Trans-oral surgery: post-operative management of patients
- Transthoracic line removal in PICU
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Tumour craniotomy: standard operating procedure (SOP)
- Underwater seal chest drainage in the highly dependent or critically ill infant or child: nurse role: chest drain insertion
- Underwater seal chest drainage in the highly dependent or critically ill infant or child: nurse role: chest drain removal
- Underwater seal chest drainage in the highly dependent or critically ill infant or child: nurse role: ongoing chest drain management
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Kidney Diseases
- Acute Renal Failure Management and Investigation
- Anaemia in children with chronic kidney disease
- Central Venous Access Device (CVAD) guidance for RHC Glasgow
- Diagnosis, treatment and management of UTI in children RHC Glasgow
- Guideline on the classification and management of glomerulonephritis in general Paediatrics
- Haematuria, management and investigation in Paediatrics
- Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (HSP), renal management on presentation with
- Hypertension in children and young people, Renal Unit RHC
- Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome in children, management
- Immunisation guideline for children with chronic kidney disease
- Management and investigation of bloody diarrhoea and haemolytic uraemic syndrome
- Manual Acute Peritoneal Dialysis in PICU (using the UTAH Medical / Femcare-Nikomed Dialy-Nate® closed peritoneal dialysis set)
- Nephrolithiasis and/or nephrocalcinosis (management and evaluation)
- Parent Guide for Care of the Peritoneal Catheter and Exit Site
- Post Op Care of the Peritoneal Catheter Exit Site
- Renal anomalies detected or suspected antenatally
- Renal transplantation (paediatric): management of
- Renal tubular disease, investigation and management
- Scottish Paediatric Patient Pathway for Kidney Transplantation
- SOP - Best Practice Guideline for Caring for Patients with Peritoneal Catheters
- SOP - Calcium Administration
- SOP - Magnesium Administration
- SOP - Manual / Doppler Blood Pressure
- SOP - Pre Op Cadaveric Renal Transplant
- SOP - Test Dose Enalapril
- SOP for Additives to Peritoneal Dialysis Bags
- SOP for Administering Subcut Enoxaparin
- SOP for Assessing a Central Venous Catheter (CVAD) for Blood Sampling
- SOP for Assessing a Central Venous Catheter (CVAD) for Medication Administration
- SOP for Blood Transfusion
- SOP for care for a Urinary Catheter / Flush a Catheter
- SOP for care of Infected Peritoneal Catheter Exit Site
- SOP for Infusion of Albumin and Furosemide
- SOP for Inserting a Gripper Needle into a Portacath
- SOP for Inserting an Insuflon
- SOP for Management of Haemodialysis Line Sepsis
- SOP for Post-Operative Care following Renal Transplant
- SOP for Pre Transplant Care
- SOP for Pre/Post Renal Biopsy
- SOP for the Management of Haemodialysis Access Site
- SOP for use of Rituximab in Frequently Relapsing Steroid Dependent Nephrotic Syndrome
- SOP on the Management of Paediatric Renal Transplantation - Printable version
- vXM Guidelines
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Medical Paediatrics
- Bronchiolitis guideline, RHC
- Child Death Review procedures, RHC
- Diagnosis and management of cow's milk protein allergy in infants
- Diagnosis, treatment and management of UTI in children RHC Glasgow
- Gastroenteritis in children
- Helicobacter pylori infection in children
- Incidental hyperglycaemia / glycosuria
- Intermittent / borderline hyperglycaemia
- Investigation of early developmental impairment in children
- Malaria treatment guidelines, paediatrics
- Medical Acute Receiving Unit Guide for Hi-Flo (AIRVO) Use in Bronchiolitis
- Operational SOP for RHC OPAT – interim plan
- Paediatric Early Warning Score: PEWS
- Pathway for OPAT for children on once daily intravenous antibiotics
- Refugee and asylum-seeking children and young people: guidelines for use in the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow
- RHC ED, CDU & Outpatient pathway for Infants with suspected Non IgE Cows milk protein allergy (CMPA)
- RHC Measles guidance
- RHCG Paracetamol overdose guidance - 12-hr shortened N-acetylcysteine dosing schedule (SNAP protocol)
- Status Epilepticus Management
- Sudden unexpected death in infancy and childhood: Multi-agency guidelines for care and investigation
- Vascular access devices (VADs), care and maintenance
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Mental health
- Acutely disturbed or challenging behaviour in children with learning disabilities & / or ASD (aged 5-18 years)
- Low Weight Eating Disorder Pathway
- Management of acutely disturbed or challenging behaviour in children aged 5-12 years
- Protocol for managing Child & Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) out-of-hours referrals in Greater Glasgow & Clyde
- Rapid tranquilisation of young people aged 12-17 years, algorithm
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Microbiology
- Anti-fungal prophylaxis in PICU: summary of recommendations
- Bomb blast injuries in children: antibiotic management
- Bronchoalveolar (blind) lavage (PICU)
- Clostridioides (Clostridium) Difficile Infection (CDI) in children: diagnosis and management
- Infection prevention and control homepage (NHSGGC website)
- Isolates reported as 'I' (susceptible increased exposure) - dosing schedules for neonates and children
- Management of neutropenia & fever: antibiotic policy
- Microbiology classification in cystic fibrosis - recommendations for practice RHC, Paediatrics
- MRSA in Paediatric Cystic Fibrosis patients, Eradication and Treatment
- Operational SOP for RHC OPAT – interim plan
- Pathway for OPAT for children on once daily intravenous antibiotics
- Protected Antibiotic Policy - Royal Hospital for Children (RHC)
- Musculoskeletal diseases
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Neonatology
- Acute neonatal referral pathways
- Admission criteria: Neonatal Unit & Transitional Care
- Antibiotic guidelines for the neonatal unit
- Anti-Ro & Anti-La antibodies : Guideline for the management of babies born to mothers with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and other autoimmune disorders
- Apnoea of Prematurity
- Arterial lines: priming & calibration using the Kids Kit ™ closed blood sampling system : neonatal guideline
- Bathing newborn infants
- Bowel irrigation guidance : neonates
- Capillary blood sampling
- Cardiac genetics pathway for infants with congenital heart disease and the appropriate utilisation of irradiated blood products
- Child Death Review procedures, RHC
- Confirming the position of a naso-gastric / oro-gastric tube in neonates
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CFH), Surgical Care Pathways
- Congenital heart disease patient pathways
- Congenital hypothyroidism in Scotland, guidelines for the management of
- Congenital syphilis : management of babies born to mothers with syphilis infection
- Cooling mattress : Tecotherm Neo Instructions
- Cranial ultrasound: a guideline for the performance of routine cranial USS for preterm infants
- Criteria for attendance at delivery by neonatal staff
- Cutaneous congenital anomalies
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV) - congenital infection
- Delayed Cord Clamping (DCC) WoS MCN, Obstetrics
- Developmental care guideline
- Developmental dysplasia of the hips (DDH) and congenital foot deformities
- Early onset sepsis in the neonate: prevention and treatment
- Enoxaparin use in neonatal and paediatric critical care
- Enteral feeding of preterm infants
- Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) Care of Neonates
- Evaluation of the floppy infant
- Expressed breast milk (maternal and donor)
- Extravasation injuries: prevention and management (neonatal guideline)
- Eye infections in the neonate: Ophthalmia Neonatorum and the management of systemic Gonococcal and Chlamydial infections
- Haematology guideline, neonates
- Hand washing policy (Neonatal Guidelines)
- Heart murmurs in the neonate: an approach to the neonate with a heart murmur
- Hepatitis B virus: prevention of perinatal transmission - National Neonatal Network Guideline: Blood Borne Virus during pregnancy
- High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) : a guide to the use of HFOV in the neonate
- Home oxygen therapy for neonates
- Humidified High Flow Nasal Cannulae (HHFNC)
- Hyperglycemia in the neonate
- Hyperkalaemia: a guideline for management in neonates
- Hypertension in neonatal patients
- Hypoglycaemia : preterm infants
- Hypoglycaemia : term infants
- Immunisation guideline for neonates
- Jaundice : neonatal guideline
- Jaundice management on the postnatal wards
- Less Invasive Surfactant Administration (LISA), neonatal guideline
- Management of Atypical Genitalia & Suspected DSD in the Neonate
- Management of infants born to mothers with Hepatitis C - National Neonatal Network Guideline: Blood Borne Virus during pregnancy
- Management of infants exposed to HIV in pregnancy - National Neonatal Network Guideline: Blood Borne Virus during pregnancy
- Management of neonatal arterial occlusion and thrombosis
- Management of the difficult airway, neonates
- Napkin care guidelines, neonates
- Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)
- Neonatal intubation
- Neonatal pain guideline
- Neonatal Thyrotoxicosis
- Neonatal transfusion guideline
- Neuroprotection Care Pathway for Infants with Hypoxic-Ischaemic Encephalopathy
- Neuroprotection Care Pathway for Infants with Hypoxic-Ischaemic Encephalopathy: Cot-side Decision-Making Aids for Referring Centres
- Newborn Blood Spot Screening
- Nitric Oxide administration in MRI
- Nitric oxide therapy in the neonate: guideline for the use of inhaled nitric oxide
- Oesophageal atresia and tracheo-oesophageal fistula
- Oral sucrose for procedural pain
- Oxygen saturation limits, neonates
- Palliative care resource folder (Neonatal & Children's Services) [Staffnet]
- Parenteral feeding of preterm and term infant
- Passage of a nasogastric or orogastric feeding tube (neonatal guideline)
- Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) : medical treatment and indications for surgical closure
- Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) : surgical ligation
- Perinatal COVID-19 Resources
- Perinatal management of extreme preterm birth before 27 weeks of gestation: a framework for practice
- Peripheral arterial lines: insertion and care
- Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC Lines) - Neonatology guideline
- Persistent or refractory hypoglycaemia in the neonate : a guideline for management
- Phototherapy for neonatal jaundice
- Postnatal Handbook
- Postnatal management of a right or double aortic arch, Paediatrics
- Postnatal management of fetal arrhythmias
- Prolonged jaundice Neonates (NHSGGC)
- Renal anomalies detected or suspected antenatally
- Respiratory management of preterm infants
- Retinopathy of prematurity
- Sampling from arterial peripheral / umbilical lines : neonatal guideline
- Seizures in the neonate
- Seldinger chest drain insertion and management
- Surfactant Administration via Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) Standard Operating Procedure
- Teaching Basic Life Support to Parents / Carers
- Thermal care of the neonate
- Transcutaneous bilirubinometry in the Community
- Trisomy 21 - Care Pathway
- Umbilical catheters
- Virological assessment of fetuses and neonates
- Vitamin K prophylaxis for neonates
- Volume Targeted Ventilation: indication and use in the Neonatal Unit
- West of Scotland Neonatal Drug Monographs
- WoSPGHAN enteral tube feeding information pack for healthcare professionals
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Neurosurgery
- EVD, transfer of child with: checklist
- Extra ventricular device (EVD)
- Guideline for craniofacial & neurosurgical pre-operative blood product ordering RHC
- ICP monitoring SOP
- Neurosurgical patients fluid management
- Neurosurgical patients with shunts (admission pathway)
- Neurosurgical shunt pathway
- Paediatric craniofacial endoscopic strip craniectomy (ESC) with helmet therapy : standard operating procedure
- Paediatric craniofacial surgery open procedures : standard operating procedure
- Trans-oral surgery: post-operative management of patients
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Tumour craniotomy: standard operating procedure (SOP)
- Ophthalmology
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Orthopaedics
- Antibiotic prophylaxis for paediatric surgery
- Buckle fracture
- Children with orthopaedic injuries raising child protection concerns, a best practice guide
- Developmental dysplasia of the hips (DDH) and congenital foot deformities
- Empirical antibiotic therapy in children
- Hand and finger fractures
- Paediatric IV to oral antibiotic switch therapy (IVOST) guideline
- Pulled elbow
- Spasticity management guideline
- Tranexamic acid in paediatric surgery and trauma
- Upper limb injuries: assessment of neurological status
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Pain
- Acute pain relief services protocol (APRS)
- Oral sucrose for procedural pain
- Paediatric Supportive and Palliative Care referral
- Pain in children, management in the ED
- Palliative care resource folder (Neonatal & Children's Services) [Staffnet]
- Subcutaneous medications for specialist symptom management and end of life care, RHCG
- Palliative Care
- Patient Information
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Pharmacy
- Antibiotic management of suspected or confirmed invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) infection in children
- Infection management guideline: empirical antibiotic therapy in children
- Isolates reported as 'I' (susceptible increased exposure) - dosing schedules for neonates and children
- NHSGGC adult therapeutics handbook [link]
- NHSGGC Paediatric Formulary
- Paediatric Intravenous Medicines Monographs
- Prophylaxis for infective endocarditis in dental patients undergoing interventional procedures (adults and children)
- Proton Pump Inhibitor guideline for neonates and paediatrics
- Plastic Surgery
- Public Health
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Respiratory
- ABPA and aspergillus lung infection, cystic fibrosis patients RHC
- Acute Asthma Management, Children Under 2 years, Emergency Department
- Acute wheeze in children 2 years and older: assessment and management
- Acute wheeze: escalation to intravenous therapy for acute wheeze Integrated Care Pathway (ICP) - for patients ≥ 2 years old
- Audiological investigation in cystic fibrosis patients
- Bronchoalveolar (blind) lavage (PICU)
- Cardio-respiratory investigation & management of adolescents with pectus excavatum
- Distal Intestinal Obstruction Syndrome (DIOS) , adhesional obstruction and severe constipation management in children with cystic fibrosis
- Eradication of Burkholderia Species in Children with Cystic Fibrosis
- Eradication of Haemophilus Influenza in Children with Cystic Fibrosis
- Eradication of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in Children with Cystic Fibrosis
- Eradication of Staphylococcus Aureus in Children with Cystic Fibrosis
- Inhaler device guide for children aged 5 years to 12 years, Primary Care
- Microbiology classification in cystic fibrosis - recommendations for practice RHC, Paediatrics
- MRSA in paediatric cystic fibrosis patients, eradication and treatment
- N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) for the prevention of aminoglycoside associated ototoxicity in children with cystic fibrosis
- Non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis patients RHC
- Omalizumab: difficult asthma advice note
- Oral antibiotics for children with Cystic Fibrosis
- Oxygen: prescription and administration in children
- Paediatric IV to oral antibiotic switch therapy (IVOST) guideline
- Rheumatology
- Specialist Children's Services
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Surgery
- Antibiotic prophylaxis for paediatric surgery
- Blood Product ordering - best practice guide
- Booking Emergency Theatre Cases
- Cardiac genetics pathway for infants with congenital heart disease and the appropriate utilisation of irradiated blood products
- Hypospadias repair, post-op pharmaceutical management
- Paediatric Early Warning Score: PEWS
- Paediatric IV to oral antibiotic switch therapy (IVOST) guideline
- Paediatric wound assessment and management chart
- Post-operative gastrostomy feeding
- Preoperative fasting of patients for theatre, Royal Hospital for Children
- Tranexamic acid in paediatric surgery and trauma
- Vascular access devices (VADs), care and maintenance
- Urology
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West of Scotland Critical Care Guidelines
- AIRVO 2 High-Flow Standard Operating Procedure
- HDU checklist: in preparation for retrieval (West of Scotland Critical Care Guidelines)
- HiFlo guide (West of Scotland Critical Care Guidelines)
- High Dependency Criteria (West of Scotland Critical Care Guidelines)
- Support Document for Emergency Assessment + Management of Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) in children & young people who require transfer to: RHSCE or RHCG
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