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  • Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Hospitals Complex
  • KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health
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The guidelines are a starting point and not an end point in the management of common and/or serious paediatric problems. They do not preclude the appropriate and timely call for help from senior/specialist paediatric staff within the province. They aim to assist in the development of common approaches to managing common/serious paediatric problems, and to assist with the more efficient movement of patients along referral pathways.

Every effort has been made to ensure that suggested management is in line with current best practice and with the Essential Drugs Lists, and that drug doses are correct. Individual practitioners remain responsible for ensuring correct management and drug dosing when caring for their patients.