Clinical Practice and
Referral Guidelines
At Kids Health First, our quality improvement program focuses on developing standards of excellence in care. We have created Clinical Practice and Referral Guidelines around our most frequent diagnoses using evidence-based medicine to focus on improving the diagnostic process, identifying appropriate treatment options, and when necessary, outlining parameters for referrals to other specialties.
Modifications and enhancements to these guidelines are an ongoing process.
Guidelines
The following is a list of approved Clinical Practice Guidelines and Referral Guidelines:
- Acute Gastroenteritis
- Acute Pharyngitis
- Adverse Vaccine Reaction Reporting
- Allergic Rhinitis
- Anemia 1 and 2
- Ankle Sprain
- Asthma Management
- Chest Pain
- Chronic Abdominal Pain
- Closed Head Injury
- Screening for Autism
- Common Scrotal Problems
Constipation and Encopresis in Toilet Trained Child
- Development Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH)
- Eating Disorders
- Extremity Injury
- First Time Unprovoked Non-Febrile Seizure
- Growth Deficiency or Failure to Thrive
- Hyperbilirubin or Neonatal Jaundice
- In-Toeing
- Pediatric Migraine
- Nevi
- Otitis Media with Effusion
- Scoliosis
- Short Stature
- Sinusitis
- Undescended Testicles (Cryptorchidism in children) video 2020
If you have questions about any of these guidelines, contact Laura Baldwin, Director of Primary Care at lbaldwin@khfirst.com or call 770.333.0033, ext. 212 or (cell) 404.808.3841.