Learning Outcome 4.9.141
Outcome 4.9.141: Red flags;
- Vomiting
- Excessive drooling (infants)
- Bile stained vomitus
- Delayed passage meconium
- Projectile vomiting
- Failure to thrive/weight loss
- Coffee ground emesis
- Hematemesis
- History NSAIDs
- Signs and symptoms of moderate to severe dehydration
- Diarrhoea
- Signs of moderate to severe hypotension – hypotension, altered level of consciousness, tachycardia, sunken fontanelle (infants), delayed capillary refill, reduced urine output
- Blood in stool
- Recent history of antibiotics
- Recent travel to developing country
- Signs acute abdomen
- Anemia
- Abdominal mass
- Failure to respond to treatment
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