NO DRUG THERAPY IN PRIMARY CARE (REFERRAL & ADVICE)
A common but nonspecific infant presentation with a wide differential (colic, otitis media, UTI, intussusception); GP gives feeding/soothing advice and red-flag safety-netting, referring urgently if serious causes are suspected. - Refer, with advice
Children follow the same pathway: recognise and refer. No primary-care medicine is implied.
No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
A common but nonspecific infant presentation with a wide differential (colic, otitis media, UTI, intussusception); GP gives feeding/soothing advice and red-flag safety-netting, referring urgently if serious causes are suspected.
- RED FLAG - Corneal abrasion or hair-thread tourniquet syndrome on digits or genitalia on thorough physical examination: assess urgently and refer.
- No medicine is prescribed for this in primary care - this entry is for recognition and referral. Anything given is decided by the service it is referred to.
- RED FLAG - Age under 3 months with fever, a bulging fontanelle or high fever, poor feeding or lethargy, a non-blanching rash, bilious vomiting or blood in stool, or inconsolable crying episodes lasting hours (possible intussusception).