4. Pain & Fever
11/16/22 • 42 min
Hello and welcome to Pharmacy for Me, your go-to platform for evidence based best practice pharmacy advice for common kid’s presentations to pharmacies. I’m Katie Magee, a registered pharmacist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority, and I bring you this series of episodes to help assist your decision making in managing and treating your little ones if they become unwell and need professional advice.
This episode of pharmacy for me looks at pain and fever. I discuss what is a fever and how do you measure it accurately, what the most accurate temperature measuring device is and what age you can use them from, what not to use and do when a child has a fever, treatments and referrals.
Resources:
Assessment of fever in children. British Medical Journal Best Practice. bestpractice.bmj.com.acs.hcn.com.au/topics/en-gb/692
Febrile child. The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne- Clinical Practice Guidelines. rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Febrile_child/
Fever ages 0-5. American Academy of Paediatrics. doi.org/10.1542/ppe_schmitt_105
Fever in children. The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. rch.org.au/kidsinfo/fact_sheets/Fever_in_children/
Fever in under 5s: assessment and initial management. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). nice.org.uk/guidance/ng143
Identifying And Treating Children’s Pain. Australian Journal of Pharmacy. ajp.com.au/news/identifying-and-treating-childrens-pain/
Influences on parents’ fever management: beliefs, experiences and information sources. Journal of Clinical Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01890.x
Pain relief for children – paracetamol and ibuprofen. The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. rch.org.au/kidsinfo/fact_sheets/Pain_relief_for_children/
Studying the Accuracy and Function of Different Thermometry Techniques for Measuring Body Temperature. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute. mdpi.com/2079-7737/10/12/1327
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Hello and welcome to Pharmacy for Me, your go-to platform for evidence based best practice pharmacy advice for common kid’s presentations to pharmacies. I’m Katie Magee, a registered pharmacist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority, and I bring you this series of episodes to help assist your decision making in managing and treating your little ones if they become unwell and need professional advice.
This episode of pharmacy for me looks at pain and fever. I discuss what is a fever and how do you measure it accurately, what the most accurate temperature measuring device is and what age you can use them from, what not to use and do when a child has a fever, treatments and referrals.
Resources:
Assessment of fever in children. British Medical Journal Best Practice. bestpractice.bmj.com.acs.hcn.com.au/topics/en-gb/692
Febrile child. The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne- Clinical Practice Guidelines. rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Febrile_child/
Fever ages 0-5. American Academy of Paediatrics. doi.org/10.1542/ppe_schmitt_105
Fever in children. The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. rch.org.au/kidsinfo/fact_sheets/Fever_in_children/
Fever in under 5s: assessment and initial management. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). nice.org.uk/guidance/ng143
Identifying And Treating Children’s Pain. Australian Journal of Pharmacy. ajp.com.au/news/identifying-and-treating-childrens-pain/
Influences on parents’ fever management: beliefs, experiences and information sources. Journal of Clinical Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01890.x
Pain relief for children – paracetamol and ibuprofen. The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. rch.org.au/kidsinfo/fact_sheets/Pain_relief_for_children/
Studying the Accuracy and Function of Different Thermometry Techniques for Measuring Body Temperature. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute. mdpi.com/2079-7737/10/12/1327
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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3. Colic
Colic is a condition that needs a lot of understanding to know the best support to give a colic crying baby. In this episode I discuss what colic is and how it gets defined, treatments and what treatments to not use. There is list reasons for referral to a GP, mental health nurse or Emergency department. Finally I touch on the stress it puts on caregivers including post natal depression + resources for this.
Resources from this episode:
Colic. Paediatrics in Review. doi.org/10.1542/pir.27-9-357
Colic: best practice. BMJ by the British Medical Association. bmj.com
Crying and Your Baby: How to Calm a Fussy or Colicky Baby. American Academy of Paediatrics- Paediatric Patient Education. https://doi.org/10.1542/peo_document223
Infantile colic clinical features and diagnosis. Up-To-Date. Uptodate.com.au
Reducing medications in infants. Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne.
rch.org.au/hsru/research/Reducing_medications_in_infants/#parent-handouts
The period of purple crying. National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome (US based). purplecrying.info/what-is-the-period-of-purple-crying.php
Unsettled or crying babies. Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne- Clinical Practice Guidelines. rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Crying_Baby_Infant_Distress/
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5. Nappy Rash
Hello and welcome to Pharmacy for Me, your go-to platform for evidence based best practice pharmacy advice for common kid’s presentations to pharmacies. I’m Katie Magee, a registered pharmacist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority, and I bring you this series of episodes to help assist your decision making in managing and treating your little ones if they become unwell and need professional advice.
Episode 5 navigates the topic of nappy rash, with topics discussed to include what nappy rash might look like and what you may expect to see if it worsens or develops into something else. How you can maybe reduce the risk of a child getting nappy rash, including things you can do from home. There are things to avoid that and that could worsen the rash. Treatment options available are discussed, and when to seek further medical attention.
Resources:
Diaper Rash. American Academy of Paediatrics. publications.aap.org/pediatriccare/article-abstract/doi/10.1542/aap.ppcqr.396155/1621/Diaper-Rash?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Nappy rash. Therapeutic Guidelines of Australia. tgldcdp.tg.org.au.acs.hcn.com.au/viewTopic?topicfile=c_DMG_Nappy-rash_topic_1&guidelineName=Dermatology&topicNavigation=navigateTopic
Nappy rash. The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Nappy_rash/
Nappy rash. British Medical Journal- Best Practice. bestpractice.bmj.com.acs.hcn.com.au/topics/en-gb/676
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