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ACE Inhibitors in Paediatrics
ACE Review (After critical event)
AED use in pregnancy - management of babies exposed to anti-epileptic drugs in utero
Abdominal Organ Injury Management
Abdominal pressure monitoring in PICU
Abuse and Neglect
Aciclovir (Acyclovir IV) for neonates
Acute Cardiac Referrals Database
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia PI ALL-1 Protocol
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia PI ALL-2 Protocol
Acute Orthopaedic Plaster Casting
Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia PI-APML #1 Protocol
Acute Transfusion Reaction Notification to Blood Bank
Acute abdominal pain
Acute cellulitis pathway
Acute knee injury
Acute pain relief in children with renal impairment
Acute stroke in children
Acyclovir in child cancer
Adenosine (adenocor) for neonates
Admission and Discharge in PICU
Admission to Newborn Services from home
Adolescent Consultation and the HEeADSSS Assessment
Adoption policy
Adrenal crises in the oncology patient
Adrenaline Hydrochloride for neonates
Agitated Saline/Bubble study for the detection of an intrapulmonary or intracardiac right to left shunt
Agitation - management in the palliative patient
Alcohol - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Alcohol Intoxication
Allergy - food challenges at Starship
Allergy testing after Emergency Department (CED) presentation
Allopurinol
Allow natural death (Te Wa Aroha)
Alteplase treatment for paediatric stroke
Altered neurology post-spinal surgery pathway
Amikacin for child cancer
Amikacin for neonates
Amiloride (Midamor) for neonates
Amiloride for child cancer
Aminoglycosides
Amiodarone (Cordarone X) for neonates
Amiodarone for use in Paediatric Cardiology
Amitriptyline
Amoxicillin (Amoxyl, Ibiamox) for neonates
Amoxicillin and Clavulanic Acid for newborn intensive care
Amoxicillin and Clavulinic Acid (Augmentin®) for child cancer
Amoxicillin for child cancer
Amphotericin B (liposomal) - Ambisome®
Amphotericin B Deoxycholate
Anaesthesia - cardiac premedication
Anaesthesia - introduction to anaesthetic drugs
Anaesthesia for paediatric HRCT
Anaesthesia for paediatric renal transplant
Analgesia and Sedation Algorithm 0 -12 months unintubated
Analgesia and Sedation Algorithm 0-12 months Intubated and Ventilated
Analgesia and Sedation Algorithm > 12 months and ≤ 30kg unintubated
Analgesia and Sedation Algorithm > 12 months and ≤ 30kgs intubated and ventilated
Analgesia and Sedation Algorithm >30kgs intubated and ventilated
Analgesia and Sedation Algorithm >30kgs unintubated
Anaphylaxis
Anaphylaxis in PICU
Ankyloglossia (Tongue-Tie)
Annual review for tamariki (children) and rangatahi (young people) with Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
Anthracycline Cardiotoxicity
Anthropometry (height, weight and BMI centiles) Calculator
Antibiotic Allergy in Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
Antibiotic duration and IV-Oral Switch in Children
Antibiotic protocol for the management of febrile neutropenia
Antibiotic treatment for respiratory exacerbations in Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
Antibiotics - for neonatal sepsis
Antibiotics - surgical wound prophylaxis in neonates
Anticoagulation following cardiac surgical intervention
Anticoagulation in COVID-19
Aotearoa Immunisation Record (AIR)
Aplastic Anaemia and Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
Apnoea monitoring and caffeine treatment
Apnoea monitoring on discharge from Newborn Services
Appendicitis, Suspected
Approach to palliative care emergencies
Aprepitant
Arsenic Trioxide
Arterial line insertion and management in PICU
Aseptic Non-Touch Technique
Asparaginase
Aspergillus lung disease in Cystic Fibrosis
Assessment of intestinal failure and rehabilitation potential
Asthma and wheeze, management of acute
Asthma, life threatening
Asthma, life threatening - management in intensive care setting
Atropine sulphate
B
BRUE: Brief Resolved Unexplained Events
Balloon atrial septostomy organisation in neonates flowchart
Baseline immunodeficiency testing in a critically ill child
Bee and Wasp Sting Allergy
Behavioural Disturbance
Benzylpenicillin
Bexsero (MenB) vaccine for NICU pēpi (infants)
Bidirectional Glenn Cardiac Clinical Pathway
Biliary Atresia (BA) - guidelines and management of
Bilious aspirates and vomiting - assessment in the neonate
Biventricular Cardiac Clinical Pathway for four weeks to one year
Biventricular Clinical Pathway 1 - 4 years
Biventricular Clinical Pathway 4+ - 15 years
Bleeding
Bleomycin
Blood Component Irradiation
Blood Cultures: When, Where and How to Take
Blood Products - Blood Components (Other)
Blood Products - Platelets
Blood Products - Red Blood Cells
Blood Products - Viruses
Blood glucose testing in fasted neonates - anaesthesia
Blood pressure - ambulatory monitoring in children
Blood pressure - hypertension in neonates
Blood pressure - hypotension in neonates
Blood product management during paediatric Cardio Pulmonary Bypass (CPB)
Blood product use - possible DiGeorge syndrome
Blood products - albumin (Newborn Services)
Blood products - cryoprecipitate (Newborn Services)
Blood products - fresh frozen plasma FFP (Newborn Services)
Blood products - immunoglobulin IVIG (Newborn Services)
Blood products - platelets (Newborn Services)
Blood products - red cell transfusion in the neonate
Blood sampling in NICU
Blood sampling in PICU
Bone density measurements in children
Bone health and calcium metabolism in paediatric oncology
Botox A for use in Sialorrhoea (drooling)
Bottle feeding
Bow legs (Genu Varum)
Bowel Obstruction - management in the palliative patient
Bowel Washout
Bowel protocol in PICU
Brain monitoring in the neonate - Brainz BRM aEEG
Brain monitoring in the neonate - Cadwell Video aEEG
Brain monitoring in the neonate - Natus Video aEEG
Breastfeeding - Breast Milk Sharing in Newborn Services
Breastfeeding - expressing
Breastfeeding - medications in breastmilk
Breastfeeding - preterm infants
Breastfeeding Support Services and Lactation Consultants
Breastfeeding code
Breathlessness - management in the palliative patient
Bronchiectasis acute exacerbation
Bronchiectasis diagnosis and aetiology
Bronchiectasis management
Bronchiolitis
Bronchiolitis - PICU admission
Burkitt Lymphoma PI Burkitt-1
Burns
Busulfan
Buzzy Bee® - guideline for usage
C
C-Reactive Protein (CRP)
CFTR Modulator monitoring for Cystic Fibrosis patients under 18 years
COVID-19 Expressed Breast Milk (EBM)
COVID-19 Vaccination in children
COVID-19 advice for parents
COVID-19 associated multi-system inflammatory conditions (MISC, PIMS-TS)
COVID-19 in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU)
COVID-19 management in children
COVID-19 post-vaccination pericarditis/myocarditis
CT - Abdomen
CT - Abdomen Fl Abdomen Dual Phase Post Con
CT - Chest Abdomen and Pelvis (CAP) Flash Non-contrast, Flash Post-contrast (procedure)
CT - Chest Flash HRCT Post-contrast and Flash HRCT Non-contrast
CT - Choanal Atresia
CT - Elbow - Elbow in Plaster
CT - Elbow - Elbow through body
CT - Fungogram Screen (Oncology)
CT - Gated Cardiac CT Scans/MRI for Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease
CT - Head XCARE: non contrast and post contrast
CT - Head, Stealth and Anatomics
CT - Hip Spica
CT - Lower Extremities
CT - Lower Extremity Rotational Profile
CT - Lower Extremity Scanogram
CT - Neck, Non Contrast, Post Contrast
CT - Orbits non contrast
CT - Orbits post contrast
CT - PTBs (petrous temporal bones)
CT - Pelvis
CT - Post Mortem
CT - Shoulder
CT - Sinus
CT - Sinus Stealth and Anatomics
CT - Thorax Fl non contrast; Thorax Fl post contrast
CT - Upper Extremities
Caffeine Citrate
Calcium
Calcium (oral) for neonates
Calcium Folinate
Calcium Gluconate (injection) for neonates
Caloric Calculator
Capillary blood sampling for neonates
Carboplatin
Cardiac - management of antenatally diagnosed major congenital heart disease at delivery and in NICU
Cardiac - management of balloon atrial septostomy for congenital heart defects in NICU
Cardiac - post-operative care in PICU
Cardiac - pre-operative cardiac care in NICU
Cardiac Catheterisation
Cardiac Catheterisation - Atrial Septal defect device closure
Cardiac Inherited Diseases referral to CIDG for paediatric cardiomyopathy
Cardiac Inotrope use (paediatric)
Cardiac Investigations Room ACHD Emergency at Starship
Cardiac Norwood Procedure (paediatric)
Cardiac Surgery - admission process
Cardiac antifibrinolytic treatment (paediatric)
Cardiac arrest - investigation of unexplained
Cardiac handover to PICU
Cardiac heparin dosing (paediatric)
Cardiac invasive lines (Paediatric)
Cardiac premedication for anaesthesia
Cardiac surgery - pre-operative anti-staphylococcal bundle
Cardiac transplantation
Cardiac vasodilators (paediatric)
Cardiomyopathy
Cardiopulmonary Arrest
Care Co-ordination Starship Nurse Specialist
Care of a Biliary Tube (PTC) post Liver Transplant
Caring for a child who is dying / has died in PICU
Carvedilol
Caspofungin
Catheter related Thrombosis
Cefaclor
Cefazolin for neonates
Cefotaxime Sodium
Ceftazadime Pentahydrate
Ceftazadime for child cancer
Ceftriaxone
Cefuroxime Sodium (Devatis)
Cellulitis
Central Line Care - PICC insertion in the neonate
Central Line Care - bundle of care for the neonate
Central Line Infections in Paediatric Oncology
Central line associated bacteraemia (CLAB) high risk criteria and management
Central precocious puberty - treatment protocol
Central venous access in PICU
Central venous access in patients with intestinal failure
Central venous catheter (CVC) care for an infant, child, or young person
Central venous line access in NICU infants
Cerebral NIRS management in cardiac patients
Cervical Lymphadenitis
Cervical Spine Injury
Cervical spine assessment in PICU
Chest Drains - ambulatory
Chest X-ray in acute wheeze
Chest drain removal protocol in PICU - Analgesia
Chest drain removal protocol in PICU - EXACT Pathway
Chest drains in children
Chest drains in the neonate
Child cancer disease surveillance guideline
Chloral Hydrate Sedation - Information for parents and caregivers
Chloral hydrate (Trichloroacetaldehyde hydrate)
Chlorothiazide
Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride
Cholecalciferol (Clinicians®) - Vitamin D for neonates
Chronic Lung Disease and Home Oxygen - discharge planning and care following discharge from NICU
Chylothorax - algorithm for management in the cardiac patient
Chyme reinfusion
Ciclosporin
Ciclosporin patient information
Cidofovir
Ciprofloxacin
Cisplatin
Classification Systems for Cerebral Palsy
Classifications of intestinal failure
Cleft Lip and Palate
Clindamycin
Clonidine - transdermal
Clostridioides difficile infection in children
Co-Trimoxazole (trimethoprim and sulphamethoxazole)
Code Blue (Paediatric Resuscitation Team Call)
Code Crimson
Code Pink (Paediatric Rapid Response Team Call)
Codeine Phosphate
Coeliac disease - assessment and management
Collapsed ventilated infant in Newborn Services
Coloxyl Drops® (Poloxamer)
Coma
Complex biventricular cardiac clinical pathway 2 weeks to one year
Congenital Hypothyroidism - early assessment and management
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia - postnatal management in NICU and PICU
Conjugated Hyperbilirubinaemia in the neonate
Conjunctivitis in the neonate
Consensus statement for screening for Retinopathy of Prematurity
Consent and legal justifications for treatment without consent
Constipation
Constipation Pathway in Childrens Emergency Department
Constipation in the oncology patient
Constitutional Cancer Predisposition Syndromes
Continuous Infusions in Paediatric Palliative Care (using a NikiT34 Syringe Pump)
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
Cooling - therapeutic hypothermia in the neonate
Cooling – using TECOtherm NEO in transport
Cord Compression in the oncology patient
Corrected Age Calculator
Corticosteroids in Paediatric Rheumatology
Cough
Criteria Led Discharge
Croup
Croup - management in the intensive care setting
Cultural Care for the palliative patient
Cyclizine
Cyclophosphamide
Cyclophosphamide for Nephrotic Syndrome
Cystic Fibrosis - Newborn Screening and Diagnostic Protocol
Cystic fibrosis screen positive, inconclusive diagnosis (CFSPID)
Cytarabine
Cytokines in the treatment of child cancer
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
D
Dacarbazine
Dactinomycin
Daunorubicin
Death of a child in PICU - documentation
Death of an infant in NICU
Defibrotide
Defibrotide Patient Information
Delivery - attendance by paediatric staff at birth
Dental trauma
Dermatological involvement with Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
Developmental Care - an overview
Developmental Care - the Developing Preterm Infant (28-32 weeks gestation)
Developmental Care - the Early Preterm Infant (24 to 27 weeks gestation)
Developmental Care - the Growing Preterm Infant (33 to 36 weeks gestation)
Developmental Care - the Older Preterm Infant (37 plus weeks corrected gestation)
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
Developmental dysplasia of the hips in the neonate (DDH)
Dexamethasone Patient Information
Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate
Dexamethasone for child cancer
Dexrazoxane - use in the paediatric oncology patient
Dexrazoxane patient information
Dextrose Gel
Diabetes - insulin treatment of hospitalised patients with diabetes mellitus
Diabetes - managing hyperglycaemia and ketone testing in hospitalised patients with diabetes mellitus
Diabetes - managing hypoglycaemia in hospitalised patients with diabetes mellitus
Diabetes - microalbuminuria in children and young people with diabetes mellitus
Diabetes Insipidus - new onset or transient following neurosurgery
Diabetes mellitus type 1 - blood glucose monitoring of hospitalised patients
Diabetes mellitus type 1 - management of persistent hypoglycaemia using mini dose glucagon
Diabetes mellitus type 1 and surgery
Diabetes without Ketoacidosis (new onset Type 1 Diabetes)
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) management
Diazoxide
Dietitian referral - neonatal nutritional risk screening criteria
Differences of sex development - Atawhai Taihemahema
Differentiation Syndrome (ATRA)
Dinutuximab
Discharge home on short-term nasogastric tube feeding for neonates
Discharge planning and home IVN/PN
Discharge with IV luer (CED)
Dispute resolution in palliative care
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Dobutamine Hydrochloride for newborn intensive care
Dobutamine for paediatric cardiology
Docusate Sodium
Docusate Sodium with Senna (Laxsol®)
Dog-related injuries: notification, safeguarding and bite management
Domperidone
Dopamine Hydrochloride for newborn intensive care
Dopamine for use in paediatric cardiology
Down Syndrome - management of the neonate
Doxapram
Doxorubicin
Drug dependency - infants born to drug dependent mothers
Dyslipidaemia - management in LEAP follow up
E
ECMO - guidelines for consideration in newborn
ECMO retrieval - preparation for referring centre prior to arrival
EPIC: Extended Dwell Peripheral Intravenous Catheter
EXACT pathway for early extubation
Early detection of cerebral palsy (CP), intervention and monitoring
Eating Disorders - management of
Echocardiogram information for families
Eczema - diagnosis and assessment
Eczema - management of acute eczema flares
Eczema - outpatient and primary care management
Electrocardiograph (ECG)
Electrophysiology study - Radiofrequency or Cryoablation
Elevated blood lactate in neonates
Emergency Equipment for rapid response/resuscitation teams in Child Health
Emergency calls (Paediatric Emergency Response Teams)
Emotional and psychological support at end of life
Empyema
Encephalitis
Encephalopathy in the oncology patient
End of life care in Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
Endocarditis - Infective
Endocrinology - intravenous bisphosphonate therapy
Endotracheal tube care in PICU
Endotracheal tube management in NICU
Enteral Feeding Guidelines in PICU
Enteral Feeding of the Neonate
Enteral feeding of newborn with a stoma
Environmental Allergy
Eosinophilic oesophagitis (EOE)
Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB)
Epidural and caudal management of pain
Epilepsy - guidelines and pathways for children and young people
Epoprostenol (Veletri®) for paediatric cardiology
Equine ATG
Erwinia Asparaginase
Erythromycin Lactobionate
Erythropoietin
Escalation of Care
Etoposide
Evaluation of readiness for transition from tube feeding to oral feeding
Exchange Transfusion in the Neonate
Exchange transfusion record
Exercise Testing
External Ventricular Drain
External fixator device care for an infant, child and young person
Extravasation and Infiltration Injuries - management in PICU
Extravasation in the oncology patient
Extremely Low Birth Weight Skin Care Management
Eye Infections
Eye care in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU)
F
Faltering Growth - Failure to thrive
Fascia Iliaca block for femoral fractures
Fasting Guideline for Anaesthesia
Feeding - Pre-operative guideline for PICU patients going to the OR
Feeding - disorganised feeding patterns in the neonate
Feeding - feeding policy in Newborn Services
Feeding - handling powdered formula and breast milk with additives
Feeding - newborn babies on postnatal wards
Feeding guideline for infants admitted with congestive heart failure with minimal weight gain
Feeding tolerance algorithm without routine checking for gastric residual volumes
Fentanyl citrate
Ferrous Sulphate
Fertility Preservation for People with Cancer
Fever - neutropenic
Fever - non neutropenic
Fever - non-infectious in the oncology patient
Fever in the returned traveller
Fever in under 2 month olds
Filgrastim (GCSF) in child cancer
Filgrastim Patient Information
Fingertip injuries - management of
Flucloxacillin for child cancer
Flucloxacillin for newborn intensive care
Fluconazole (Diflucan) for newborn intensive care
Fluconazole for the treatment of child cancer
Fludarabine
Fluid & electrolyte calculator
Fluid management of patients with intestinal failure
Fluid requirements and age appropriate formula for infants, children and young people
Fluid, diuretic and nutrition management in children having cardiac surgery
Fluids - Electrolyte and Arterial line fluids
Fluids - Fluid and Glucose requirements
Foetal Anticonvulsant Syndrome (FACS)
Follow up after cardiac surgery
Fontan Clinical Pathway
Food Allergy
Food and beverage allergy and exclusion management during hospital admission
Foreign body ingestion
Forensic Hair and Nail Sampling for Toxicology
Formula preparations for PICU
Fracture - Supracondylar (SC) fractures
Fracture - clavicle fractures
Fracture - diaphyseal humeral fractures
Fracture - distal radius and ulna fractures
Fracture - galeazzi fracture dislocations
Fracture - lateral condyle fracture of the humerus
Fracture - lower limb management of femur, hip and pelvis
Fracture - lower limb management of foot
Fracture - lower limb management of tibia, fibula and ankle
Fracture - medial epicondyle fractures
Fracture - monteggia fracture dislocations
Fracture - olecranon fractures
Fracture - proximal humeral fractures
Fracture - radius and ulna shaft (diaphyseal) fractures
Fracture - scaphoid fractures
Fragile X testing
Fungal Infections in the oncology patient
Furosemide
G
G-CSF
G6PD Deficiency
Gabapentin for child cancer
Gadolinium Contrast - NCCN statement on use in MRI scanning
Ganciclovir
Gastro-Oeosophageal Reflux
Gastroenteritis
Gastroenterology Service Referral Guidelines
Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Gastrointestinal Tract Infections in the oncology patient
Gastrostomy
Gastrostomy, transgastric–jejunal, jejunal tube care
Gemcitabine
General Paediatric Direct Admissions from CED
General Practitioner Clinic at Starship
Genetic Studies in the Neonatal Period (cytogenic and molecular)
Genetic testing in childhood cancer
Genital, inguinal and scrotal problems in the neonate
Gentamicin for child cancer
Gentamicin sulphate
Germ Cell Tumour PI GC-1
Gestation Calculator
Glomerulonephritis
Glucagon hydrochloride
Glucose (energy) Calculator
Greenlane Surgical Unit paediatric patient selection
H
HDU - Guidelines for admission
HFOV - Setting up the SensorMedics 3100A
HFOV - nursing management of the neonate on Sensormedics
HFOV - on the Sensormedics
HFOV - on the VN500
HIV - management of infants born to HIV+ mothers
Haematological disorders in neonates
Haematuria
Haemodialysis Catheter Insertion
Haemofiltration - greater than 50kgs protocol
Haemofiltration - less than 50kgs protocol
Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS) - Shiga-toxin associated E Coli (STEC)
Haemophilia
Halo vest management
Head injury
Head injury - management of severe traumatic brain injury in PICU
Head injury - raised intracranial pressure management in PICU
Headaches in Childhood
Healthy Homes initiative
Hearing Loss
Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) infection
Helminth (Worms) Infection - screening and presumptive treatment
Henoch-Schonlein Purpura
Heparin - therapeutic infusion
Heparin - therapeutic infusion
Heparin Infusion (prophylactic) - low dose therapy in PICU and Ward 23b
Heparin management during cardiac catheterisation procedures
Heparin sodium for newborn intensive care
Hepatitis C - maternal infection, vertical transmission and nursing care of baby
Hepatitis in the oncology patient
Herpes Simplex Virus
High Frequency Oscillation Ventilation (HFOV) in PICU
High cost treatment pathway
Hip Surveillance in Cerebral Palsy
Hip spica care for an infant, child and young person
Hodgkin's Lymphoma PI HD-1 Protocol
Home IV antibiotic administration
Home monitoring programme - discharge information
Home monitoring programme - in hospital management
Humidification for neonates
Hydrocortisone for child cancer
Hydrocortisone sodium succinate for newborn intensive care
Hydrops fetalis
Hydroxyurea
Hypercalcaemia in the oncology patient
Hyperglycaemia in PICU
Hyperglycaemia in the neonate
Hyperkalaemia in children
Hyperkalaemia in the neonate
Hyperleucocytosis in the oncology patient
Hypertension in childhood
Hypertension in the oncology patient
Hypocalcaemia
Hypocalcaemia in the oncology patient
Hypoglycaemia in childhood
Hypoglycaemia in the neonate
Hypokalaemia
Hypospadias
Hypothermia prevention in infants less than 32 weeks gestation
Hypotonia in neonates
Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy (HIE) - management in PICU
I
IV Infliximab infusion protocol
Ibuprofen for neonates
Idarubicin
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Ifosfamide
Image guide for Naso-jejunal tube positioning
Imatinib
Immune Deficiency Disorders
Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP)
Immunisation - BCG
Immunisation - Hepatitis B
Immunisation - Infanrix-hexa
Immunisation - Prevenar
Immunisation - Rotavirus
Immunisation - an overview for Newborn Services
Immunisation - cold chain management for newborn services
Immunisation - general information on routine immunisation in children
Immunisation - special groups funding for influenza vaccine
Immunisation of children during and after cancer therapy
Immunisations and Cardiac Infants
Immunoglobulin replacement in primary immune deficiency
Immunosuppression, Infection and Immunisation in Rheumatology
In-toeing
Incubator - care of baby in incubator
Indomethacin
Infantile haemangioma (IH)
Infection (congenital)
Infection control practices for children and young people with Cystic Fibrosis
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) - diagnostic disclosure pathway
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children and adolescents
Influenza
Information on accessing CareConnect TestSafe for Clinicians
Inotrope (vasoactive medication) administration in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
Insulin - Neutral for the newborn intensive care
Intensive Observation Area (IOA) 23B Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology Services
Intensive Observation Area (IOA): 26A Neuroservices
Intensive Observation Area (IOA): Ward 25 General Paediatrics
Intermittent self catheterisation
Intestinal failure annual review recommendations for paediatric patients
Intestinal rehabilitation
Intestinal stoma care
Intracranial haemorrhage in the neonate
Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring of an infant, child, or young person
Intranasal Fentanyl
Intraosseous access
Intrathecal morphine
Intravenous Cannulation in neonates
Intravenous Catheters - Peripheral - in Adults and Children
Intravenous Fluids
Intravenous Fluids and Electrolytes in PICU
Intravenous nutrition (IVN) and fluids calculator: preterm infants
Intravenous nutrition (IVN) and fluids calculator: term infants
Intravenous nutrition (IVN) for children and young people
Intubation - difficult
Intubation - emergency intubation in PICU/CED
Intubation - premedication for intubation in neonate
Intubation in NICU - Staff Checklist
Intubation – difficult airway algorithm for NICU
Invasive Pressure Monitoring for a Child
Invasive pneumococcal disease and investigation of immune deficiency
Investigation of respiratory physiology in Cystic Fibrosis
Investigations in PICU
Irinotecan
Iron Deficiency
Isoprenaline hydrochloride
Isotretinoin
Itraconazole
J
Jaundice - Management of neonatal jaundice
Jaundice - investigation of prolonged
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)
K
K-wire removal in a clinic setting
Kangaroo care
Kawasaki Disease
Ketamine Infusion for Complex Pain
Ketamine infusion for acute pain
Ketamine sedation in Starship Children's Emergency Department
Ketogenic diet for the inpatient setting
Kidney transplant - acute inpatient care
Kidney transplant - shared care guidelines
Koira4Rukahukahu: Lungs4Life
Kōrero Mai (Talk to me)
L
LA and PA Catheters in PICU
LISA - MIST practice recommendation
Lacerations and Wound Closure
Lactulose for constipation in child cancer
Lax-Sachets / Movicol for child cancer
Leukaemia (suspected) - investigations and initial management
Levetiracetam
Levomepromazine / Methotrimeprazine - Nozinan®
Levothyroxine intoxication
Lignocaine Infusion for Complex Pain
Lignocaine Viscous Oral Liquid
Limp - assessment of paediatric limp in the Emergency Department
Liver Transplant paediatric patients - shared care plan
Liver disease - acute liver failure (ALF)
Liver disease or transplant - prevention and management of infection
Liver transplant - pre-operative care
Liver transplant recipient post-operative routine care
Local anaesthetic for minor procedures
Location of end of life care
Lomustine
Long QT Syndrome
Long Term Ventilation Pathway
Lorazepam for use in child cancer
Low Flow Oxygen Calculator
Low molecular weight heparin (LMWH)
Lung Function and Oximetry Requests
Lung Transplant Assessment for tamariki/rangatahi (child or young person) with Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
Lymphoma (suspected) - investigations and initial management
M
MRI - New abdominal mass
MRI - procedure for booking MRI in PICU
MRI Paediatric Brain (NAI)
MRI Paediatric Brain (developmental)
MRI Paediatric Brain (epilepsy Non TL)
MRI Paediatric Brain (feed and wrap)
MRI Paediatric Brain (ischaemic)
MRI Paediatric Brain (metabolic)
MRI Paediatric Brain (standard)
MRI Paediatric Brain (stealth)
MRI Paediatric Brain Tumour (posterior Fossa/pineal)
MRI Paediatric Brain and Spine (inflammatory)
Magnet for adjusting permanent pacemaker or ICD
Malignant Hyperthermia (MH)
Management of acute behavioural disturbance (ABD) in Children's Emergency Department (CED)
Management of intestinal failure associated liver disease (IFALD)
Management of spinal cord injury and impairment in an infant, child, or young person
Management of the high risk paediatric cardiac patient for investigation under general anaesthesia
Manawa Hā (Respiratory, Breathing and Sleep Clinic) Outpatient Referral Process
Marfan syndrome and inherited aortopathies
Massive Bleeding at the end of life
Massive Haemorrhage Pathway
Maternity care while dependant is a patient at Starship
Measles
Measuring the quality of nursing care in Starship Child Health
Meconium-stained liquor and meconium aspiration
Mediastinal Mass diagnosis and management
Medications for the management of intestinal failure (pharmacopoeia)
Medicines availability - Pacific Islands
Meduri Protocol - modified for Starship
Melphalan
Meningitis
Meningococcaemia
Menstruation management for children and young people with cancer
Mercaptopurine
Meropenem
Meropenem for use in neonates
Mesna
Metabolic Disease
Metabolic Disease in the newborn
Metabolic bone disease
Methamphetamine Decontamination
Methotrexate (injection)
Methotrexate (oral)
Methylene Blue use in refractory vasoplegic shock by PICU and PICU retrieval service
Metoclopramide
Metronidazole for child cancer
Metronidazole for newborn intensive care
Microbiological testing in PICU
Microcephaly Diagnostic Guidelines
Midazolam
Midazolam for child cancer
Milrinone - paediatrics
Mitoxantrone
Molecular Haematology Specimens and Tests
Morphine Sulphate for child cancer
Morphine hydrochloride - oral
Morphine intermittent IV administration
Morphine sulphate - IV for neonates
Mother and Baby Unit - management of admitted infants
Mouthcare and mucositis
Mouthcare prophylaxis protocol
Movicol/Lax-Sachets
Multidrug Resistant Organisms (MRO): Patient screening and transmission-based precautions
Muscle, skin and metabolic liver biopsy
N
NICU calculators
NZ NIFRS Paediatric/Neonates registry pathway
NZ NIFRS adult registry pathway
NZNIFRS Notification and Outcome Forms
Naloxone hydrochloride
Nappy dermatitis
Nasal High Flow respiratory support
Nasal Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)
Nasal discharge in the oncology patient
Nasogastric & nasojejunal tube care for an infant, child, or young person
Nasogastric tubes in PICU patients
Nasopharyngeal airway management (NPA)
Nasopharyngeal suction
Nausea and vomiting - chemotherapy and radiotherapy induced: prevention and treatment
Necrotising Enterocolitis (NEC) in the neonate
Necrotising fasciitis and soft tissue infection
Needlestick Injuries in the Community
Neglect of Medical Care
Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia (NAIT)
Neonatal Arch Obstruction
Neonatal Encephalopathy Consensus Statement from the Newborn Clinical Network
Neonatal Follow up Services
Neonatal Subgaleal Haemorrhage - Practice Recommendation
Neonatal Thrombocytopenia
Neonates requiring hospital admission after ophthalmology procedures
Nephrotic Syndrome
Nephrotoxicity
Neural Tube Defects - management of infant
Neurodevelopmental follow up of cardiac patients
Neuroimaging
Neurovascular assessment of an infant, child, or young person
Neutropenia nursing care
New Zealand Consensus Statement on the care of mother and baby(ies) at periviable gestations
New Zealand Resuscitation Council
New diagnosis - work up when oncology diagnosis suspected
Newborn Screening
Newborn Screening Heel Prick Test
Newborn examination
Newborn transitional care resources
Nitric Oxide
Nitric oxide for a child in PICU
Non Accidental Injury (NAI) in PICU
Non-Bypass Clinical Pathway
Non-acute abdominal pain in childhood
Non-infective respiratory complications in Cystic Fibrosis
Non-invasive Ventilation
Non-malignant haematology advice
Noradrenaline for newborn intensive care
Nursing handover of an infant, child or young person
Nutrition - intravenous nutrition for the neonate
Nutrition - neonatal nutrition guideline
Nutrition algorithm for single ventricle infants
Nutrition and Hydration - management in the palliative patient
Nutrition care and management of Cystic Fibrosis
Nutritional assessment and requirements for patients with intestinal failure (starting IVN/PN)
Nystatin for child cancer
Nystatin for use in newborn intensive care
O
Observation and management of infants at risk of neonatal encephalopathy
Observation and monitoring of an infant, child, or young person
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Oesophageal atresia (OA) with/without tracheo-oesophageal fistula (TOF)
Omeprazole
Oncology patient care in PICU
Ondansetron
Oral hygiene in children
Organ and tissue donation
Orofacial problems
Orthopaedic problems in newborns
Osteomyelitis Pathway
Osteomyelitis and Septic Arthritis
Osteosarcoma PI OS-1 Protocol
Other complications of Cystic Fibrosis
Other issues in intestinal failure
Ototoxicity and hearing loss
Outpatient blood transfusion for neonates
Oximetry
Oxygen - humidified high flow oxygen or air for neonates
Oxygen - low flow oxygen for neonates
Oxygen saturation targets for newborns cared for in New Zealand neonatal units
Oxygen therapy and monitoring in neonates
Oxygen therapy in children
P
PCCS Transition Process to ACHD Services
PICC and TCVC indications and requests
PICC insertion in Starship Operating Rooms
PICU Cardiovascular Drug Infusion Chart for patients ≥ 30kg
PICU Drug Infusion Chart for patients that are < 30kg
Pacemakers (permanent), ICDs and device implants
Pacemakers (temporary) for a child
Pacing wires - removal in PICU
Paediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Paediatric Trauma Team Activation
Paediatric Tube Feeding Clinical Network Statement and Practice Guidelines for Blenderised Diet
Paediatric Tube Feeding information for Dietitians
Paediatric Tube Feeding information for Speech Language Therapists
Paediatric arterial line insertion in the operating room
Paediatric pain assessment
Paediatric postoperative vomiting and nausea - prophylaxis and treatment
Pain - Oxycodone intermittent IV administration
Pain - Procedural pain management
Pain - analgesia overview for pain
Pain - assessment in the palliative patient
Pain - management in the palliative patient
Pain - procedural pain management in PCCS
Pain Management Pathway
Pain and functional disorders - inpatient rehabilitation
Pain management - epidural analgesia infusion in PICU
Pain management - patients discharged from PICU on continuous infusion, PCA or Epidural
Pain scoring chart
Palliative care pathway in NICU
Pamidronate
Pancreatitis in children
Pancuronium bromide
Paracetamol (Intravenous)
Paracetamol (Oral/Rectal)
Paracetamol Poisoning
Paracetamol and Ibuprofen loading doses in PICU
Paracetamol for use in child cancer
Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) in the newborn
Patient Controlled Analgesia and Nurse Controlled Analgesia
Patient and whānau support: Navigation for patients with intestinal failure
Patient at Risk (PaR) Team Policies
Patient information collection and transfer between shared care and specialist centres
Pegaspargase
Pegfilgrastim
Pegfilgrastim patient information
Percutaneous Stroke Intervention (PSI) Referral Guidelines
Perioperative care of patients with inherited metabolic disorders
Peripheral Arterial Lines in the Neonate
Peripheral IV cannula escalation pathway for neonates
Peripheral intravenous (IV) access assessment and escalation pathway
Peritoneal Dialysis in PICU
Peritoneal dialysis - shared care guidelines
Peritoneal dialysis procedure guideline
Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn
Pertussis
Petechiae and purpura with/without fever
Phenobarbitone
Phenylephrine Hydrochloride
Phenytoin Sodium
Phosphate (oral) for neonates
Phototherapy for the jaundiced baby - the use of lights and biliblanket
Phytomenadione (Vitamin K, Konakion)
Plain Films - Abdomen
Plain Films - Cervical Spine
Plain Films - Chest
Plain Films - Facial Bones, Sinuses
Plain Films - Forearm, Elbow and Hand
Plain Films - Lower Extremities
Plain Films - Mandible
Plain Films - Neck and Nasopharynx
Plain Films - Pelvis and Hip
Plain Films - Shoulder
Plain Films - Skeletal Survey
Plain Films - Skull
Plain Films - Upper Limb Overview
Plain films - radiography in the NICU
Planning End of Life Care
Pneumocystis Jirovecii (carinii) prophylaxis and pneumonia (PCP)
Pneumonia
Pneumothorax in the neonate
Poisoning - management of childhood
Poractant Alpha
Posaconazole
Post-Gastrostomy feeding protocol
Post-operative management of ex-premature infants and full-term neonates having anaesthesia
Postnatal drop in clinic
Postnatal wards - management of infants under paediatric care
Potassium Chloride
Practice Recommendation for the bundle of neonatal care at 23-24 weeks gestation
Practice recommendation for Neonatal Subgaleal Haemorrhage
Practice recommendation for oxygen saturation targets for newborns
Practice recommendation for the treatment of hypoglycaemia with dextrose gel within the first 48 hours after birth
Practice recommendations for 2 year follow-up of infants at high risk of developmental disability
Practice recommendations for skin care of neonates < 28 weeks gestation
Practice recommendations for weight loss, dehydration and hypernatraemic dehydration in the neonate
Prednisone
Premedication for children at Greenlane Surgical Unit (Daystay)
Premedication for children at Starship Children's Hospital
Preoperative preparation and postoperative recovery for a child
Prescribing Guidelines
Pressure injury prevention for an infant, child, or young person
Probiotics (Infloran)
Procedural sedation in children
Promethazine
Propranolol Hydrochloride
Prostaglandin E1 (Alprostadil)
Prostaglandin E1 (Alprostadil) in PICU, Ward 23b and CED
Psychological screening of children (tamariki) and young people (rangatahi) with Cystic Fibrosis and their whānau or kaitiaki
Psychosis
Pulled Elbow
Pulse oximetry screening in the newborn
Pump feeding in NICU
Pyloric Stenosis
R
Rabies - post exposure prophylaxis
Radiological evaluation following placement of gastrostomy tube
Radiological investigation information
Rasburicase
Rectal and stoma dilatation for a child
Red reflex screening assessment in newborns and infants
Referral to the paediatric ACUTE pain service
Referral to the paediatric COMPLEX pain service
Regional cot management - transfer of Neonates back to DHB of domicile in the Northern Region
Regional cot management - transfer out of Auckland region
Regional discharge policy for babies born away from DHB of domicile
Regional infusions for pain
Regular three monthly clinic review for tamariki (children) and rangatahi (young people) with Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
Removal of pacing wires, LA and PA Lines, direct central line and chest drains in PCCS
Renal - acute peritoneal dialysis catheter insertion
Renal - chronic peritoneal dialysis catheter insertion
Renal - national antenatal renal dilation guideline
Renal - peritonitis protocol
Renal - single, multi-cystic dysplastic and hypo-dysplastic kidney
Renal Biopsy
Renal complications in Cystic Fibrosis
Renal failure - care of the neonate with severe renal failure at birth
Renal vaccination record for Starship paediatric CKD
Respiratory - Bronchoscopy and Broncho-Alveolar Lavage referral guidelines
Respiratory - Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) Diagnostic Pathway
Respiratory Indices Calculator
Respiratory Support/Long Term Ventilation after hours issues
Respiratory Support: Placement of an infant, child, or young person receiving respiratory support on Starship Child Health wards
Respiratory screening in neuromuscular disease or neurodisability pre scoliosis surgery or other major elective surgery
Respiratory symptoms in the oncology patient
Responsibility of Care
Restraint of infants for treatment or procedures
Resuscitation Drugs in Paediatrics Calculator
Resuscitation drugs quick reference guide for Newborn Services
Retinoblastoma PI RET-1 Protocol
Retinopathy of prematurity - information on screening
Retinopathy of prematurity - laser treatment
Rheumatic Fever - children and adults
Rheumatic Heart Disease Surgical Clinical Pathway
Rheumatology - Abatacept (Orencia)
Rheumatology - Rituximab
Rheumatology - Tocilizumab (Actemra®) for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Rheumatology - inpatient referrals and admissions
Rheumatology - intravenous bisphosphonate therapy
Rheumatology - intravenous cyclophosphamide in paediatrics
Rituximab
Rocuronium
Roxithromycin
Rubella
S
Salbutamol
Sargramostim Patient Information
Sativex - guidelines for use
Scopolamine - Scopoderm®
Sedation & Analgesia - pain and sedation in PICU
Sedation & Analgesia - procedural sedation in PICU
Sedation for EEG using clonidine
Sedation for diagnostic Echocardiograms
Sedation for fracture management
Sedation for inpatient radiology
Seizure management at the end of life
Seizures - Status Epilepticus
Seizures - afebrile
Seizures - febrile
Seizures - management in the neonate
Seizures - status epilepticus in PICU
Seizures in the oncology patient
Self harm
Sepsis
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)
Sharing significant news about end of life
Simplified Sarnat Screening Tool
Single kidney follow-up (post-nephrectomy)
Single lung ventilation at Starship
Single ventricle home monitoring programme - EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ASSESSMENT
Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome (SOS)
Sirolimus
Skin disinfectants
Sleep and Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB) in Cystic Fibrosis
Sleep and sleep disordered breathing in children
Sodium bicarbonate
Sodium chloride infusion calculator
Sodium polystyrene sulphonate
Solid Tumours - new diagnosis
Solid foods for premature infants
Sotalol hydrochloride
Spacers and nebulisers
Spinal Cord Compression management in the palliative patient
Spironolactone
Spironolactone for child cancer
Splenectomy and management of the asplenic patient
Splitting or windowing plaster of an orthopaedic cast
Standards of care for patients with intestinal failure
Standing Orders
Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome
Starship nursing care plans
Stomatitis
Storage of breastmilk and guidelines for hang times of enteral feeds in PICU
Stress Steroid Management (including synacthen testing)
Subcut Cytarabine (Ara-C) Shared Care and Community
Subcutaneous Catheter Device – Insuflon™
Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin (SCIg) Therapy
Sucrose 25% for analgesia in neonates
Sucrose Analgesia
Suctioning - Endotracheal suctioning in the neonate
Suctioning - Inline circuit
Superior Vena Cava Obstruction in the palliative patient
Supporting beliefs and values at end of life
Suprapubic catheter management
Surfactant administration in NICU
Surgery - management of Hirschsprung's Disease in the neonate
Surgery - management of Inguinal hernia in the neonate
Surgery - management of Intestinal Atresia in the neonate
Surgery - management of Intestinal malrotation in the neonate
Surgery - management of abdominal wall defects in the neonate
Surgery - management of oesophageal atresia with a distal TOF in the neonate
Surgery - pre-operative and post-operative care of the neonate
Surgical Short Stay Integrated Care Pathway
Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis
Surgical considerations in intestinal failure
Surgical management of neonates - PICU
Surgical neonates - pathway for provision and location of intensive care
Suxamethonium Apnoea
Suxamethonium chloride
Syphilis (Treponema pallidum)
T
TCVC insertion in Starship Operating Rooms
TP53
Tachyarrhythmia in infants and children
Targeted Temperature Management and use of Altrix Stryker Cooling Blanket
Tazocin® - Piperacillin and tazobactam
Teicoplanin
Telephone advice sheet
Temozolomide
Temsirolimus
Testicular pain
Tetanus Prophylaxis
Tetralogy of Fallot
Thalassaemia
Thioguanine
Thiotepa
Thyroid - management of infants born to mothers with thyroid disorders
Toe walking
Tonsillectomy - management of post-tonsillectomy bleed in CED
Topotecan
Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma gondii)
Tracheostomy management for an infant, child or young person
Traction for paediatric orthopaedic patients at Starship
Tramadol
Tramadol: advice on the use in New Zealand Children
Tranexamic Acid
Transcutaneous CO2 monitoring
Transfer of patients
Transfusion - Massive blood loss in the oncology patient
Transfusion - Post Transfusion Purpura
Transfusion Medicine Handbook,
Transfusion Reactions
Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI)
Transfusion of Infected Blood
Transition planning for cardiac teenagers at PCCS
Transitioning from tube to oral feeding - an overview
Transport - PICU median transport times
Transport - guidelines for referring hospital preparation
Transport - neonatal
Transport - neonatal on humidified high flow oxygen
Transport - of an infant, child, or young person
Transport - team preparation and management
Transposition of the Great Arteries Clinical Pathway (Arterial Switch Procedure)
Trauma
Trauma - EFAST
Trauma - initial management in PICU
Trauma - inter hospital transfer
Treatment of hypoglycaemia with dextrose gel
Treosulfan
Tretinoin
Tube feeding adverse clinical signs during and after feeds
Tuberculosis treatment
Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Surveillance and Management Guidelines
Tumour Lysis Syndrome
Tumour specific investigations and work up
Tumour surveillance in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome and Hemihyperplasia (Hemihypertrophy)
U
Ultrasound - Abdomen
Ultrasound - Appendicitis
Ultrasound - adolescent anorexia nervosa
Ultrasound - biliary atresia
Ultrasound - chest
Ultrasound - foreign body
Ultrasound - intussusception
Ultrasound - liver transplant
Ultrasound - mass (palpable)
Ultrasound - musculoskeletal
Ultrasound - neck
Ultrasound - neonatal cranial
Ultrasound - neonatal hips
Ultrasound - neonatal spine
Ultrasound - portal hypertension
Ultrasound - pyloric stenosis
Ultrasound - renal tract
Ultrasound - renal transplant
Ultrasound - scrotal
Umbilical artery and vein catheterisation in the neonate
Umbilical catheters in PICU
Unexplained Injury/Child Protection concern in Children's Emergency Department
Upper Airway Secretions - management in the palliative patient
Urinary Tract Infection
Urinary catheter management
Urine measurement, urinary catheterisation and urinalysis in newborns
Urine specimens - collection in newborn
Urticaria
Ustekinumab (Stelara)
V
Vaccine Trade and Generic Name Table
Valaciclovir
Valganciclovir
Vancomycin
Vancomycin Hydrochloride
Vancomycin for child cancer
Varicella (chickenpox) in neonates
Varicella zoster (chicken pox) post exposure prophylaxis
Vascular Anomalies
Vedolizumab (Entyvio)
Venesection for an infant, child or young person
Ventilation - overview of ventilation in PICU
Ventricular reservoirs in the neonate
Verbal and non-verbal de-escalation of agitated patients
Vinblastine
Vincristine
Vinorelbine
Viral Infections in the oncology patient
Vitamin A - retinol (Vitamin A drops)
Vitamin D deficiency - investigation and management
Vitamin K deficiency bleeding and prophylaxis in the newborn
Voriconazole
W
Waitemata oxygen request
Ward 23b management of diarrhoea / gastro illness
Ward rounds in PICU
Warfarin
Weaning of Opioids and Benzodiazepines
Weighing babies in NICU
Weight Conversion Calculator
Weight loss in newborns
Wet wraps
Whole gut irrigation administration in children
Wilms Tumour PI Wilms-1 Protocol
Wilms' Tumour
Wound management in PCCS
Z
Zidovudine
Zika virus - exposure in pregnancy
Zinc deficiency in the newborn
A
aEEG: BrainZ monitoring in PICU