Neonates can present with normal physiology to the paediatric emergency department. Studies have suggested that 1.9% of all patients present within the first month of life1.
The most common diagnoses are the normal newborn (33.9%), indirect hyperbilirubinaemia (13.2%) and colic (5.8%)1. As such, a large proportion of these patients could be discharged without the need for paediatric review.
During this session we will explore common benign conditions that could be managed by the emergency physician with relevance to the published evidence and national guidelines.
In this second part we will concentrate on three key areas: