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- Abdominal pain (stomach ache) (pdf 282K)
- Adenoidectomy (pdf 284K)
- Allergy
- Allergic conjunctivitis (pdf 52K)
- Allergy and allergy tests (pdf 320K)
- Anapen® use (374K)
- Angioedema (pdf 58K)
- Coconut (pdf 32K)
- Contact Dermatitis (pdf 80K)
- Eczema (pdf 299K)
- Eczema - wet dressing (pdf 406K)
- Egg (pdf 301K)
- Egg free diet (pdf 382K)
- Eosinophilic oesophagitis (pdf 65K)
- EpiPen® use (pdf 321K)
- Fish (includes all fish and seafood) (pdf 306K)
- Food (pdf 266K)
- Food - other foods (pdf 98K)
- Food allergies & eczema (pdf 302K)
- Fruit and vegetable (pdf 295K)
- Hayfever (pdf 50K)
- House dust mite allergy - what should you do? (pdf 340K)
- Latex (pdf 295K)
- Milk (pdf 303K)
- Peanut (pdf 319K)
- Peanut & tree nut free diet (pdf 310K)
- Peanut free diet (pdf 305K)
- Pollen (pdf 98K)
- Seafood (pdf 311K)
- Seafood (& toxic reactions) (pdf 31K)
- Sesame free diet (pdf 306K)
- Sinusitis and allergy (pdf 81K)
- Soy (pdf 323K)
- Soy free diet (pdf 324K)
- Sulfite (pdf 65K)
- Tree nuts (pdf 304K)
- Urticaria and Angioedema (pdf 85K)
- Urticaria (Hives) (pdf 298K)
- Where do I go from here? General advice on the management of children with severe food allergies (pdf 228K)
- Anapen® use (374K)
- Anaesthesia and day surgery (pdf 303K)
- Angioedema (pdf 58K)
- Anterior knee (patella) pain in children and adolescents (pdf 304K)
- Appendicitis (pdf 321K)
- Arterio-venous malformation of the brain (pdf 299K)
- Asthma
- Asthma plan example for children & young people (pdf 54K)
- Assessing the severity of your child's asthma attack (pdf 280K)
- Children's information pack (pdf 339K)
- Child/Student first aid record (pdf 45K)
- Contact list for further information (pdf 288K)
- Daily symptoms diary (pdf 57K)
- Giving your child asthma medication (pdf 283K)
- Helpful tips in managing your child's asthma (283K)
- Introduction and discharge checklist (pdf 83K)
- Medications commonly used for children (pdf 316K)
- Trigger factors (pdf 365K)
- Using a puffer and spacer device (pdf 327K)
- Using other inhalation devices (pdf 67K)
- What is it? (pdf 328K)
- Atopic eczema (pdf 95K)
- Autistic spectrum disorder (pdf 299K)
- Baby's eyes (pdf 300K)
- Baby's first foods (pdf 356K)
- Basic life support
- Less than 12 months (pdf 73K)
- Less than 12 months with tracheostomy (pdf 73K)
- Over 12 months (pdf 142K)
- Over 12 months with tracheostomy (pdf 76K)
- Bed wetting (pdf 303K)
(11/10/11) - Biliary Atresia (pdf 322K)
- Bites and stings (pdf 343K)
- Blood transfusion (pdf 302K)
- Boosting iron intake (pdf 385)
- Bowlegs and knock-knees (pdf 286K)
- Brain injury resources
- Breath holding spells (pdf 294K)
- Bronchiolitis (pdf 292K)
- Broomstick plaster (pdf 385K)
- Burns and scalds - burn care advice (pdf 289K)
- Can your child hear? (pdf 297K)
- Caring for your child's teeth (pdf 295K)
- Cataracts - congenital (pdf 306K)
- Catheterisation and supra pubic urine aspiration (pdf 293K)
- Cerebral Palsy (CP) (pdf 310K)
- Chickenpox (pdf 293K)
- Chronic granulomatous disease (pdf 314K)
- Chronic illness (pdf 300K)
- Chronic neonatal lung disease (CNLD) (pdf 283K)
- Circumcision (pdf 288K)
- Clean catch urine collection (pdf 119K)
- Cleft lip and / or palate (pdf 320K)
- Cleft lip and / or palate - feeding your baby (pdf 335K)
- Coeliac disease (pdf 301K)
- Coconut - allergy (pdf 32K)
- Collection of clean catch urine (pdf 119K)
- Concussion and Mild head injury (pdf 328K)
- Conjunctivitis - allergic (pdf 52K)
- Connective tissue dysplasia (pdf 320K)
- Constipation (pdf 307K)
- Contact dermatitis (pdf 80K)
- Contact lenses and children - helpful hints for parents (pdf 301K)
- Contact lenses and patching therapy (pdf 282K)
- Croup (pdf 302K)
- Crutches - instructions for safe crutch walking (pdf 345K)
- Crying baby (pdf 314K)
- CT Scan - computerised tomography (pdf 345K)
- Cutaneous leishmaniasis (pdf 281K)
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV) (pdf 299K)
- DAMP (Deficits in Attention, Motor control and Perceptual abilities) (pdf 313K)
- Daytime wetting (pdf 1.2M)
- Deaf in one ear - babies & preschool children (pdf 320K)
- Deaf in one ear - the school child (pdf 299K)
- Deafness inheritance (pdf 402K)
- Dermatitis - contact (pdf 80K)
- Developmental delay (pdf 297K)
- Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH) (pdf 306K)
- Diabetes and physical activity (pdf 290K)
- Drips - the facts (pdf 289K)
- Ear problems in children (pdf 309K)
- Early speech and language: for carers of babies born with cleft palate (pdf 330K)
- Ears - Can your child hear? (pdf 297K)
- Echocardiogram (pdf 291K)
- Eczema (pdf 299K)
- Eczema - atopic (pdf 95K)
- Eczema - wet dressing (pdf 406K)
- Egg allergy (pdf 301K)
- Egg free diet (pdf 382K)
- Eosinophilic oesophagitis (pdf 65K)
- Epidural analgesia (pdf 295K)
- EpiPen® use (pdf 321K)
- Evaluating Health Information on the Internet (pdf 305K)
- Eye Patch - How to make (pdf 286K)
- Febrile convulsions (pdf 307K)
- Fetal echocardiogram (pdf 300K)
- Fever (pdf 292K)
- Fifth Disease or Slapped Cheek Disease (294K)
- Fish allergy (includes all fish and seafood) (pdf 306K)
- Flat feet (pdf 288K)
- Food allergies & eczema (pdf 302K)
- Food allergy (pdf 266K)
- Food allergy - other foods (pdf 98K)
- Food intolerance (pdf 49K)
- Food safety (pdf 318K)
- Fractures - bone healing (pdf 293K)
- Fruit and vegetable allergy (pdf 295K)
- Gastroenteritis (pdf 319K)
- Glue ear and grommets (pdf 321K) (Nov 2011)
- Haemangiomas (pdf 307K)
- Hair loss (trichotillomania) (pdf 303K)
- Hayfever (pdf 50K)
- Head inury (mild) and concussion (pdf 328K)
- Healthy eating for toddlers (pdf 489K)
- Healthy lifestyle for a healthy weight (pdf 338K)
- Healthy snack choices (pdf 292K)
- Hearing loss in children with Down syndrome (pdf 298K)
- Hearing loss in One Ear - babies & preschool children (pdf 320K)
- Henoch-Schoenlein Purpura (HSP) (pdf 292K)
- Hepatitis B ( pdf 1.2M)
- Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Children (pdf 296K)
- High energy eating for children (pdf 337K)
- High energy eating for infants & toddlers (pdf 311K)
- House dust mite allergy - what should you do? (pdf 206K)
- How do I know if my child has a weight problem? (pdf 218K)
- How do I prepare my child for planned surgery? (pdf 291K)
- How to get kids to be more active (pdf 322K)
- How to make an eye patch (pdf 286K)
- How to make infant formula (pdf 299K)
- How to prevent choking (pdf 329K)
- How to prevent holiday weight gain (pdf 1.2M)
- How to talk to kids about weight (297K)
- Hydration and the active child (pdf 288K)
- Hydroceles (pdf 296K)
- Hypospadias (pdf 297K)
- Immunisation (pdf 336K)
- Immunoglobulin Replacement Therapy in Primary Immunodeficiencies (pdf 165K)
- Immunology
- Eosinophilic oesophagitis (pdf 65K)
- Food intolerance (pdf 49K)
- Immunoglobulin Replacement Therapy in Primary Immunodeficiencies (pdf 165K)
- Milk, mucous, cough (pdf 99K)
- Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases (pdf 42K)
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) (pdf 93K)
- Impetigo (pdf 288K)
- Inguinal hernia (pdf 286K)
- Intellectual disability (pdf 298K)
- Intoeing (pigeon toes) (pdf 288K)
- Jaundice in newborn babies (pdf 295K)
- Kawasaki Disease (pdf 293K)
- Knee (patella) pain in children and adolescents (pdf 304K)
- Language development the early years (pdf 308K)
- Latex allergy (pdf 295K)
- Life support (Basic)
- Less than 12 months (pdf 73K)
- Less than 12 months with tracheostomy (pdf 73K)
- Over 12 months (pdf 142K)
- Over 12 months with tracheostomy (pdf 76K)
- Looking after your back (pdf 1.2M)
- Losing weight: why the whole family needs to be involved (pdf 204K)
- Lumbar puncture (pdf 337K)
- Management of children with severe food allergies - where do I go from here? General advice on the (pdf 228K)
- Managing toddler meal times (pdf 352K)
- Mantoux skin test (pdf 289K)
- Meningitis (pdf 311K)
- Meningococcal infection (pdf 313K)
- Microtia (pdf 306K)
- Middle ear infection (otitis media) (pdf 359K)
- Mild head injury and concussion (pdf 328K)
- Milk allergy (pdf 303K)
- Milk, mucous, cough (pdf 99K)
- Misshapen head in young infants (positional plagiocephaly) (pdf 355K)
- Nappy Rash (pdf 283K)
- Nightmares and night terrors (pdf 296K)
- Nitrous oxide (pdf 310K)
- Non-invasive ventilation - education package for carer's (pdf 1.3M)
- Normal Sleep Patterns 0 – 16 years (pdf 315K)
- Obesity - for my adolescent with a weight problem (pdf 226K)
- Obesity - for my child with a weight problem (pdf 294K)
- Obesity - helping your adolescent to lose weight (pdf 295K)
- Obesity - preventing holiday weight gain (pdf 1.2M)
- Oesophageal atresia and/or tracheo oesophageal fistula (pdf 347K)
- Opioid Infusion (pdf 294K)
- Otitis media (middle ear infection) (pdf 359K)
- Oximeters - RAD 5™ Massimo® (pdf 137K)
- Pain - the facts (pdf 325K)
- Painful procedures and operations - how parents can help (pdf 282K)
- Pain Reliever (Opioid) Infusion (pdf 294K)
- Passive Smoking (pdf 285K)
- Patient / Nurse controlled analgesia (PCA) (pdf 302K)
- Peanut allergy (pdf 319K)
- Peanut & tree nut free diet (pdf 310K)
- Peanut free diet (pdf 305K)
- Peanut, tree nut and seed allergy (pdf 53K)
- Perthe's Disease (pdf 294K)
- PICC Lines in Neonates (pdf 299K)
- Pigeon toes (intoeing) (pdf 288K)
- Plagiocephaly (pdf 355K)
- Plaster - broomstick (pdf 385K)
- Plaster cast or back slab care - instructions for patients and their carers (pdf 312K)
- Pollen allergy (pdf 98K)
- Pneumonia (pdf 310K)
- Pressure ulcers (pdf 331K)
- Preventing choking (pdf 329K)
- Preventing holiday weight gain - Managing the school holiday period (pdf 1.2M)
- Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases (pdf 42K)
- Procedural sedation (pdf 1.2M)
- No fact sheets at this time
- RAD 5™ Massimo® Oximeters (pdf 137K)
- Radiation... and its uses in Hospitals for Diagnostic Testing (pdf 308K)
- Recognition of Serious Illness in Children (pdf 298K)
- Reflux (pdf 301K)
- Safety factsheets
- Baby Products & Furniture
- Baby walkers (pdf 312K)
- Bunk beds (pdf 1.1M)
- Change tables & changing mats (pdf 320K)
- Home Safety
- Flammable clothing (pdf 320K)
- Preventing choking (pdf 329K)
- Outdoor Play Safety
- Horse riding (pdf 319K)
- Playgrounds (pdf 354K)
- Roller Blades and Roller Skates (pdf 304K)
- Sand Pits (pdf 296K)
- Skateboards and Scooters (pdf 309K)
- Swings (pdf 300K)
- Water features (pdf 222K)
- Poisons
- Lead (pdf 311K)
- Baby Products & Furniture
- Seafood allergy (pdf 311K)
- Seafood allergy (& toxic reactions) (pdf 31K)
- Seizures and Epilepsy (pdf 320K)
- Serious Illness in Children: Recognition of (pdf 298K)
- Sesame free diet (pdf 306K)
- Sinusitis and allergy (pdf 81K)
- Fifth Disease or Slapped Cheek Disease (294K)
- Sleep patterns 0 to 16 years (pdf 315K)
- Sleep study - what happens to me (John Hunter Children's Hospital) (pdf 92K)
- Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE) (pdf 293K)
- Sore throat (pdf 290K)
- Soy allergy(pdf 323K)
- Soy free diet (pdf 324K)
- Spina bifida - be active (pdf 348K)
- Splint care - Thermoplastic (pdf 214K)
- Stomach ache (abdominal pain) (pdf 282K)
- Stuttering (pdf 304K)
- Sulfite allergy (pdf 65K)
- Sweat test (pdf 284K)
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) (pdf 93K)
- Teeth - caring for your child's (pdf 295K)
- Teeth - What to do if a child knocks out their adult front tooth (pdf 291K)
- Ten tips for safer health care (pdf 249K)
- The facts about drips (pdf 289K)
- Thermoplastic splint care (pdf 214K)
- Toddler meal times (pdf 352K)
- Tonsillectomy (pdf 287K)
- Tooth development(pdf 291K)
- Tracheo-oesophageal fistula (pdf 347K)
- Transition planning information: growing up and moving on (pdf 1.2M)
- Tree nut allergy (pdf 304K)
- Trichotillomania (hair loss) (pdf 303K)
- Tuberculosis (pdf 288K)
- Umbilical hernia (pdf 290K)
- Undescended testes (pdf 296K)
- Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) (pdf 312K)
- Urine - collection of clean catch (pdf 119K)
- Urticaria and Angioedema (pdf 85K)
- Vegetarian Diets in Children (304K)
- Venepuncture (pdf 288K)
- Vesicostomy (pdf 302K)
- Weight gain - managing the school holiday period to prevent weight gain (pdf 1.2M)
- Weight loss - all the family needs to be involved (pdf 204K)
- Weight management tips for parents - helping your adolescent to lose weight (pdf 295K)
- Weight management tips for parents (pdf 289K)
- Weight problems in adolescence (pdf 226K)
- Weight problems in children (pdf 226K)
- What to do if a child knocks out their adult front tooth (pdf 291K)
- Wheelchair (pdf 364K)
- Where do I go from here? General advice on the management of children with severe food allergies (pdf 228K)
- Whooping Cough (pdf 293K)
- No fact sheets at this time
- Your baby's eyes (pdf 299K)
- Your child: their sleep and their weight (pdf 287K)
- No fact sheets at this time
