Paediatrics Useful Links

NICE Guidance

PIER Network Guidelines

Ashford and St Peters Neonatal Guidelines

FHFT Safeguarding / Child Protection (link to FHFT intranet)

Burns

London and South East Burns Network

CAMHS

Paediatrics intranet page - in related documents

Arrangements for Children and Young People who present with
Self-harming, taking overdoses and expressing suicidal ideation requiring a Mental Health Assessment

Cardiology

Kawasaki Disease - Resources for Clinicians (Societi.org)

Kawasaki Disease - PIER Network guideline

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

Death of a Child

SOPS for WHP & FPH in the related document section on the (links to FHFT intranet)

Paediatrics intranet page

  • Sudden Unexpected Death of a Baby, Child or Young Person under 18 years WPH

  • Dealing with the Expected Death of a Baby or Child at Wexham Park Hospital

  • Unexpected Death of a Neonate, Child or Young Person Under 18 Years (FPH)

Post mortem model consent form (baby) (SANDS)

Consent to further examination of organs form (baby)

Checklist for external death of a baby, child or young person

Dermatology

Atopic eczema in under 12s: diagnosis and management (NICE)

Diabetes

Association of Children's Diabetes Clinicians (ACDC) Endorsed Guidelines

Care of children under 18 years with Diabetes Mellitus undergoing surgery or MRI under GA

DKA Integrated Pathway (BSPED)

Management of Children and Young People under the age of 18 with Diabetic Ketoacidosis (BSPED)

Endocrine, Metabolic

Adrenal Insufficiency (BSPED)

Vitamin D Pathway for Children (Frimley Health and Care)

Pharmacological Management of Obesity in Children and Young People (PIER)

Gastroenterology

Coeliac UK - Diagnosis and testing

Coeliac UK - Management

ESPGHAN Guidelines for Diagnosis of Paediatric Coeliac Disease

Haematology

Paediatric haemoglobinopathies (WPH)

TVCN Oxford Haematology/Oncology guidelines

Anaemia and blood products transfusion (British Society for Haematology)

Infections

Southampton Paediatric Microguide (For FPH) (University Hospital Southampton NHS FT)

Oxford Paediatric Microguide (for WPH) (Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT) N.B. This link will take you to the Eolas platform, where you will need to create an account to have access to the microguide.

Refer to PIER Network Guidelines for Fever and Malaria.

Refer to UpToDate for Measles

Public Health / Health Protection - Infectious Diseases

Children's HIV Association - guidelines for management of HIV in children

Exclusion table for infectious diseases in children (UK Health Security Agency)

Notifiable diseases and organisms - how to report (Gov.UK)

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

Meningitis (bacterial) and meningococcal disease: recognition, diagnosis and management (NICE)

Pertussis (HPA Guideline)

Paediatric Sepsis Screening Tool (PIER)

Viral Haemorrhagic Fever (VHF) Algorithm (Gov.uk)

Neurology

Concussion assessment tool for children (Child SCAT-5)

First Afebrile Seizure - RCPCH parent information leaflet

Management of Children and Young People with an Acute Decrease in Conscious Level - RCPCH guideline

Stroke in Childhood (RCPCH)

Stroke in Childhood (SORT)

Viral Encephalitis guidelines

Palliative Care

Child and Young Person's Advance Care Collaborative

CYP Advance Care Plan (with ReSPECT)

Renal

Urinary tract infection in under 16s: diagnosis and management (NICE NG224)

Respiratory

Bronchiolitis SORT

COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing COVID-19 (NICE)

High Flow Oxygen Therapy (PIER)

Cystic Fibrosis

Great Ormond Street Hospital Cystic Fibrosis Team

Oxford Children's CF Network

Royal Brompton (RBHT) CF guidelines available via the RBH Paediatric Cystic Fibrosis guidelines app or at Care of children with cystic fibrosis (2023)

Direct links within RBHT set

Care of Children with Cystic Fibrosis

Intravenous Antibiotics

Safeguarding

Perplexing Presentations (PP)/Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII) in children – guidance (RCPCH)

Sepsis

Paediatric sepsis screening tool (PIER)

Surgery

Pre-Operative Care of Infants with Pyloric Stenosis (PIER)

Note: FPH tertiary centre is Southampton, WPH tertiary centre is Oxford