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Paediatrics guidelines and clinical updates about children’s health for GP locums, including vital signs.
This is a new guideline from NICE on managing otitis media with effusion (ie glue ear) in the under 12s.
First published on 26 October 2012. Updated 5 May 2023.
GPs are struggling to reassure parents during an outbreak of Strep A amongst children in the UK.
New advice for GPs on Group B strep infection, risk factors for infection, and recognising an unwell newborn.
The main update this year is around Kawasaki disease. It used to be that Kawasaki disease was diagnosed if children had 4 out of 5 features.
This is a guideline on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder from SIGN outlining the assessment and management of children who have had prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE).
The big changes from the 2006 guideline have been well publicised in the news and mainly advise that referral for bariatric surgery be considered at a lower BMI to previously, especially where the patient has new onset Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM).
A very common condition, affecting 25% of infants before the age of 18 months, and one which we will see a lot of over the forthcoming months.
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