Algorithms and Other Clinical Care Resources for Referring Providers
Seattle Children’s developed the algorithms and other clinical care resources below with input from primary care providers to support your care of your patients. You can find these resources easily any time via mobile phone using our QR code; print and post our flyer (full-sheet or half-sheet) in a visible spot at your workplace.
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A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
Acne – updated July 2020
Allergy
- Penicillin (algorithm) – updated October 2022
Antenatal hydronephrosis (algorithm) – updated March 2020
Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) (algorithm) – updated September 2020
B
Back pain (algorithm) – updated September 2020
Blood pressure tables, pediatric (tables 3 to 5) – published in Pediatrics, September 2017
C
Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) (algorithm) – updated October 2021
Concussion (algorithm) – updated March 2021
Constipation (algorithm) – updated September 2019
Contraceptive use (CDC)
COVID-19 Return to Sports (algorithm) – updated March 2022
D
Developmental Hip Dysplasia (DDH) (Please see Hip Dysplasia)
Diabetes: Patients newly diagnosed with diabetes (algorithm) – updated March 2021
Dizziness (algorithm) – updated May 2022
E
Ear infection (see Otitis media) (algorithms) – updated various dates
Elevated TSH (see Hypothyroid) (algorithm) – updated October 2019
Eczema
- Eczema care advice for patients (Schmitt Pediatric Guidelines LLC)
- Eczema Action Plan (PDF) (Spanish) – updated December 2020
- Atopic Dermatitis: Treatment Plan (PDF) (Russian) (Spanish) (Simplified Chinese) (Vietnamese) – updated December 2020
Enuresis/incontinence (daytime and nighttime)
Eye care: Community pediatric eye providers in Washington – updated January 2020
G
Gender affirming medical care for youth (ages 11 to 17) (algorithm) – updated August 2022
GERD in infants (0 to 12 months) (algorithm) – updated December 2019
GERD in children ages 1+ (algorithm) – updated December 2019
Goiter (algorithm) – updated October 2019
Growing pains (algorithm) – updated November 2021
Gynecology or Reproductive and Sexual Health referrals (algorithm) – updated June 2020
H
Headache – updated January 2020
Headache (algorithm) – updated March 2020
Hematuria (including hematuria with proteinuria)
Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) (algorithm) – updated October 2020
Hip dysplasia (algorithm) – updated November 2021
Hydronephrosis (see Antenatal hydronephrosis) (algorithm) – updated March 2020
Hyperglycemia with obesity (algorithm) – updated April 2022
Hyperglycemia without obesity (algorithm) – updated April 2022
Hypermobility (algorithm) – updated November 2020
Hypospadias (algorithm) – created November 2022
Hypothyroidism (algorithm) – updated October 2019
I
Insulin resistance (see Obesity) (algorithm) – updated August 2022
Iron deficiency (algorithm) – updated November 2022
K
Kidneys (common structural kidney anomalies detected on imaging: what to tell your families)
M
Menstrual suppression (algorithm) – updated November 2021
Microcytic anemia (see Iron deficiency) (algorithm) – updated November 2022
Migraine – updated April 2022
Molluscum – updated July 2020
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) (algorithm) – updated June 2020
N
Nephrotic syndrome – updated July 2020
O
Obesity – published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, March 2017
Obesity (algorithm) – updated August 2022
Otitis media
- Acute otitis media (algorithm) – updated October 2022
- Acute otitis media with treatment failure (algorithm) – updated October 2022
- Chronic otitis media (algorithm) – updated February 2020
- Recurrent acute otitis media (algorithm) – updated February 2020
P
Pain syndromes – updated November 2020
Penicillin allergy (algorithm) – updated October 2022
Pharyngitis
- Acute pharyngitis (algorithm) – updated October 2022
- Recurrent pharyngitis (algorithm) – updated February 2020
Phimosis – updated March 2020
Phimosis (algorithm) – updated March 2020
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) – updated November 2020
Precocious puberty (breast development/testicular enlargement, hair development, vaginal bleeding/spotting) (algorithm) – updated November 2021
Proteinuria (algorithm) – updated January 2020
R
Reflux (see GERD in infants 0 to 12 months or GERD in children ages 1+) (algorithms) – updated December 2019
Reproductive or Sexual Health referrals (algorithm) – updated February 2021
Return to Sports (see COVID-19 Return to Sports) (algorithm) – updated March 2022
Rickets (see Vitamin D deficiency) (algorithm) – updated October 2019
S
Short stature (algorithm) – updated October 2019
Sinusitis
- Acute sinusitis (algorithm) – updated October 2022
- Chronic sinusitis (algorithm) – updated February 2020
Strep Throat (see Pharyngitis) (algorithms) – updated various dates
Syncope (algorithm) – updated May 2022
T
Tic disorders/Tourette syndrome
Tonsillar hypertrophy (algorithm) – updated February 2020
U
Urinary tract infection (algorithm) – updated October 2022
Urticaria (algorithm) – updated June 2020
V
Varicocele (algorithm) – updated March 2020
Vesicoureteral reflux (algorithm) – updated March 2020
Vitamin D deficiency (algorithm) – updated October 2019
W
Warts – updated July 2020
