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Key References & Guidelines

Here we provide important reviews and key articles to supplement the information in pmm-nursing.

Key References & Guidelines

World Health Organisation (WHO) Factsheet: Violence against children (WHO 2020)

NICE guidance on suspected cancer: part 1 – children and young adults (NICE 2021)

Suspected cancer (part 1 – children and young adults) - visual overview of updated NICE guidance (NICE June 2015)

NICE Guidelines: Child abuse and neglect (NICE 2017)

NICE guidance on feverish illness in children: Assessment and initial management in children younger than 5 years (NICE 2021)

NICE guidance on tocilizumab for the treatment of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (NICE 2011)

NICE guidance on the use of etanercept for the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (NICE 2002)

NICE guidance on Sepsis: recognition, diagnosis and early management (NICE 2017)

pGALS – paediatric Gait Arms Legs and Spine: a simple examination of the musculoskeletal system (Ped Rheum Online 2013)

pGALS App

NHS England November 2015 Interim Clinical Commissioning Policy Statement: Adalimumab for children with severe refractory uveitis

NHS England October 2015 Clinical Commissioning Policy Statement: Biologic Therapies for the treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

NHS England January 2015 Interim Clinical Commissioning Policy Statement: Biologic Therapies for the treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Versus Arthritis - What is arthritis?

Versus Arthritis - Young people

Versus Arthritis - Young people travelling

Versus Arthritis - More information on clinical assessment

Treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a revolution in care (Ped Rheum Online 2014)

Sedation methods for intra-articular corticosteroid injections in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: a review? (Ped Rheum Online 2015)

Fifteen-minute consultation: rheumatic fever (Arch Dis Child Ed Pract 2015)

Transitional Care – You're Welcome Criteria (DOH 2011)

Comparison chart of systemic autoinflammatory diseases (SAID) involving periodic fevers (The NOMID Alliance 2013)

Normal lower limb variants in children (BMJ 2015)

About Kids Health

Arthur's Place

Improving communication with young people and families

Juvenile Arthritis: Kids Get it Too – What Educators Need to Know About Juvenile Arthritis

Young people's experience of arthritis

Transition tools - "ReadySteadyGo"

Child muscle weakness

Working Together to Safeguard Children (HM Government 2018)

Spotting the Sick Child

Paediatric Early Warning Score

Chronic arthritis in children and young people

Royal College Nursing Guidance on Safeguarding Children and Young People (RCN 2020)

Collaborative development of PMM (Ped Rheum 2016)

Mixed methods evaluation of PMM (Ped Rheum 2021)

Global status report on preventing violence against children (Unicef 2020)

World perspectives on child abuse 2018 (ISPCAN 2018)

Immunosuppression, infection and immunisation in rheumatology (Starship Child Health 2019)

Article 19: Protection from abuse and neglect (Child Rights International Network 2018)