Summary of guideline
Clinical Contents:
- Diagnosis
- Initial illness severity assessment
- Risk factors for severe illness
- Investigations
- SARS-CoV-2 co-infection
- Monitoring
- Respiratory support
- Medication
- Nasal suction and clearance techniques
- Hydration and nutrition
- Discharge planning
- Prevention of RSV bronchiolitis
- Infection control
- Education modules
Technical Contents:
2025 guideline
Endorsements
- The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine
- Pending
External review and support
- The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine
- The Australasian College of Children and Young People’s Nurses
- The College of Child and Youth Nurses New Zealand
- The College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand
- The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
- The Agency for Clinical Innovation Paediatric Network
- The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society
- Children’s Healthcare Australasia (Paediatric Units Network)
- The Children’s Inpatient Research Collaboration of Australia and New Zealand
- The Paediatric Society of New Zealand
- The Children’s Hospital at Westmead (Children’s Emergency Department, General Paediatrics; NSW, Australia)
- Christchurch Hospital (Emergency Department; Aotearoa New Zealand)
- Gold Coast University Hospital (General Paediatrics; QLD, Australia)
- Monash Children’s Hospital (Children’s Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit; VIC, Australia)
- Perth Children’s Hospital (Children’s Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit; WA, Australia)
- The Royal Children’s Hospital (Children’s Emergency Department, General Paediatrics, Intensive Care Unit; VIC, Australia)
- Starship Children’s Hospital (General Paediatrics; Aotearoa New Zealand)
- Sydney Children’s Hospital (NSW, Australia)
- Western NSW Local Health District (NSW, Australia)
- Danny de Lore (Te Whatu Ora Lakes Hospital, Rotorua, Aotearoa New Zealand)
- Nathalie McGowan (Perth Children’s Hospital, WA, Australia)