Emergency Department Clinical Practice Guidelines

Abscess

• Abscess, Simple or Cellulitis

Acute Gastroenteritis (AGE)

• Acute Gastroenteritis (AGE)

Agitation & Aggressive Behavior

• Agitation & Aggressive Behavior

Anaphylaxis

• Anaphylaxis 

Asthma

• Asthma

Blunt Abdominal Trauma (BAT)

• Blunt Abdominal Trauma (BAT)

Bronchiolitis

• Bronchiolitis

Button Battery

• Button Battery Ingestion
• Button Battery - ED Management

Child Sex Trafficking

• Child Sex Trafficking (available to Children's employees and physicians or by request)

Choledocholithiasis

• Choledocholithiasis

Concussion

• Concussion (Mild TBI)

Constipation

• Constipation

Diabetes

• Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Eating Disorders

• Eating Disorders

Fever

• 0-28 days of age
• 29-60 days of age
• 61 days to 6 months of age
• >6 to 24 months of age

Foreign Body Decision Tree

• Foreign Body Decision Tree (available to Children's employees and physicians or by request)

Fracture

• Isolated Supracondylar Fracture
• Isolated Femur Fracture

Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

• Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

Musculoskeletal Infection

• Musculoskeletal Infection

Pneumonia (CAP)

• Uncomplicated Pneumonia
• Complicated Pneumonia

Retropharyngeal Abscess

• Retropharyngeal Abscess (RPA)

Seizure

• Seizure & Status Epilepticus

Sepsis

• Sepsis & Septic Shock

Sickle Cell

• Fever, Sickle Cell ED
• Pain, Sickle Cell ED (available to Children's employees and physicians or by request)

Skin & Soft Tissue Infection

• Skin & Soft Tissue Infection (SSTI) (Abscess & Cellulitis)

Stroke

• Stroke Imaging, Phase I

Submersion Injury

• Submersion Injury

Traumatic Brain Injury

• Mild TBI (Concussion)
• Severe TBI

For questions please contact:

Shabnam Jain, MD, MPH, Medical Director of Clinical Effectiveness

Natalie Tillman, RN, BSN, Manager, Patient Safety and Clinical Effectiveness