Journal article
Australasian bronchiolitis guideline
S O'Brien, ML Borland, E Cotterell, D Armstrong, F Babl, P Bauert, C Brabyn, L Garside, L Haskell, D Levitt, N McKay, J Neutze, A Schibler, K Sinn, J Spencer, H Stevens, D Thomas, M Zhang, E Oakley, SR Dalziel
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health | WILEY | Published : 2019
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.14104
Abstract
Aim: Bronchiolitis is the most common lower respiratory tract disorder in infants aged less than 12 months, and research has demonstrated that there is substantial variation in practice patterns despite treatment being well defined. In order to align and improve the consistency of the management of bronchiolitis, an evidence-based guideline was developed for the Australasian population. Methods: The guideline development committee included representation from emergency and paediatric specialty medical and nursing personnel in addition to geographical representation across Australia and New Zealand – rural, remote and metropolitan. Formulation of the guideline included identification of popul..
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Funding Acknowledgements
PREDICT would like to acknowledge the input and feedback provided in the consultation phase by stakeholders to ensure relevance of the final guideline to the Australasian emergency and paediatric ward setting. Formal feedback was received from: Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, The Australian Paediatric Society, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, South Island Alliance Child Health Service, Children's Healthcare Australasia, Australian College of Emergency Nursing Ltd., The Australian College of Children and Young People's Nurses, College of Child and Youth Nurses New Zealand, College of Emergency Nurses New Zealand, Family Advisory Committee Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, New South Wales Office of Kids and Families, New South Wales Paediatric Clinical Nurse Consultant Group, Paediatric Department Christchurch Hospital, Paediatric Respiratory Department Starship Children's Health, Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care, Professor Innes Asher, Department of Paediatrics, Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Associate Professor Simon Craig, Paediatric Emergency Department, Monash Medical Centre and School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Dr Joshua Osowicki, Department of Paediatrics, University of British Columbia, Dr Arjun Rao, Sydney Children's Hospital, Associate Professor Mike Starr, Department of General Medicine, The Royal Children's Hospital and Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne and Dr Emma Tavender, Murdoch Children's Research Institute and Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne. PREDICT would also like to acknowledge the support and assistance provided by Ms Catherine Wilson, PREDICT Research Network Co-ordinator; Dr Sarah Dalton, The Children's Hospital at Westmead and Dr David Johnson, Alberta Children's Hospital. The project was funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence grant for paediatric emergency medicine (GNT1058560) administered by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute.