Clinical Pathways Search Results

This pathway provides guidance for the care of all patients who have sustained a traumatic injury with risk to life or limb. Patients with recognized life threatening injuries are classified as Trauma Level One or Trauma Level Two and require initial evaluation and resuscitation in the Trauma Bay.

This pathway is intended for Emergency Department patients requiring procedural sedation who are healthy or those with mild systemic disease that is well controlled.

The PICU/PCU thermoregulation clinical pathway outlines the steps to be taken for the patient with neurologic injury.

The PICU neonatal hyperammonemia pathway guides the care for infants < 30 days of age referred or presenting to CHOP for acute care for any abnormal or elevated ammonia level.

The Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS) Clinical Pathway provides guidance of care for neonates/infants born at the CHOP SDU or referred from outside institutions for further evaluation and treatment with overgrowth features such as macroglossia, hyperinsulinism, omphalocele and/or a constellation of findings suspicious for BWS.

The neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)/neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) clinical pathway provides a care plan to optimize non-pharmacologic management for infants and maximize maternal-infant bonding

The ventricular shunt obstruction/infection pathway details the specific care necessary in the evaluation and treatment of a child with a suspected ventricular shunt obstruction or infection.

The neonatal perioperative clinical pathway highlights the steps that should be taken when treating an infant having surgery in the next 24 hours.

The migraine headache clinical pathway is a task-oriented care plan that follows detailed steps in the evaluation and  treatment of patients with migraine in the emergency department.

The stroke clinical pathway outlines the steps to be taken to manage a child with suspected stroke in the emergency department.