Clinical Guidelines

Kimberley Clinical Guidelines are an invaluable resource for health care professionals in the Kimberley.

They have been developed from a desire to standardise the screening for, and management of, health conditions more prevalent in the Kimberley, and in recognition that the management of these conditions differs from standard management due to the extreme remoteness of the area. They have been developed by multidisciplinary teams of local health care professionals based on local research findings, and established best practices adapted to local conditions.

The Clinical Guidelines are managed by KAHPF Sub-committees, and endorsed by the KAHPF. They are regularly monitored and reviewed to ensure they remain up to date with current evidence. A comprehensive procedure provides guidance on the development, endorsement, implementation, and monitoring of Clinical Guidelines (refer procedure).

• Anaemia in Children

  • Evidence Used and Rationale

• Antenatal Record (Kimberley)

• AOD - Alcohol and other drugs in pregnancy and breastfeeding

• APSGN - Acute Post-Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis

• ARF - Acute Rheumatic Fever

  • Evidence Used and Rationale and Implementation Issues

• Child Abuse and Neglect

  • Evidence Used and Rationale

• Child Sexual Abuse

  • Evidence Used and Rationale

• Chronic Lung Disease – COPD and Bronchiectasis

• CKD - Chronic Kidney Disease

  • Diagnostic Pathway

  • Evidence Used and Rationale

• Cognitive Impairment and Dementia

• Congenital Syphilis

  • Assessment and Management of Infants at Risk

  • Evidence Used and Rationale

• Contact Tracing (STI/BBV)

  • Evidence Used and Rationale

• Cough in Children

• Deliberate Self Harm and Suicidal Behaviour

• Diabetes in Pregnancy

  • Evidence Used and Rationale

• Diabetes Type II in Adults

  • Evidence Used and Rationale

• Diabetes Type II in Children

  • Kimberley Allied Health Services and Evidence Used and Rationale

• Ear Problems in Children

  • Evidence Used and Rationale

• FDV - Family and Domestic Violence

  • Evidence Used and Rationale

• Foot Ulcer Management

  • Evidence Used and Rationale and Implementation Issues

• Growth Faltering

• Healthy Living

  • Evidence Used and Rationale and Guide for Patients

• Healthy Kids

• Hearing Health

  • Evidence Used and Rationale

• Heart Failure

  • Evidence Used and Rationale

• Hepatitis B

  • Evidence Used and Rationale

• HIV – Delivering a positive HIV result in the Kimberley

  • Evidence Used and Rationale

• HT - Hypertension

• IHD - Ischaemic Heart Disease

  • Evidence Used and Rationale and Implementation Issues

• Iron and iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy

  • Evidence Used and Rationale

• Leprosy

• MOE - Malignant Otitis Externa

  • Implementation Issues

• Nutrition weight and exercise in pregnancy

  • Evidence Used and Rationale

• Parasitic Worms

• Perinatal Depression and Anxiety

  • Evidence Used and Rationale and Implementation Issues

• PID - Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

  • Evidence Used and Rationale

• Preconception Care

  • Evidence Used and Rationale

• Reproductive Health

• RHD - Rheumatic Heart Disease

• Sick Kids

  • Evidence Used and Rationale and Implementation Issues

• Skin Infections in Children

• Smoking Cessation

• Sore Throat in Kids

  • Evidence Used and Rationale and Implementation Issues

• STI - Screening

  • Evidence Used and Rationale

• UTI - Urinary Tract Infections in Children