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• My Health Record

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  About My Health Record  My Health Record is a secure website that gives people access to and a choice in how they view their health information. Over time, it will help give millions of New Zealanders the ability to see their health records online, including those who don’t have access to a GP patient portal. Background to My Health Record  Enabling people to use digital services to access their health information is an important part of health sector reform. Providing access to information and self-service options helps provide more people with the care they need in their homes and commun ...

• Early pregnancy loss

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  These guidelines were published in 2019 and are awaiting review, due 2022. Some content may be outdated. An early pregnancy scan (less than 12 weeks) is indicated when there is bleeding or pain in early pregnancy, or concern about pregnancy loss (section 88 codes TA and EP, see  Appendix 1 ). Required clinical details   LMP Woman’s symptoms βhCG if available Previous relevant history Appropriate section 88 code Previous caesarean section. Early pregnancy loss ultrasound examination No guidelines exist for TA assessment of pregnancy loss, and therefore TV assessment should alw ...

• Appendix 3: Ectopic pregnancy location

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  ... to the caesarean section scar Cervical ectopic: mass or gestational sac within the endocervical canal Ovarian ectopic: mass or gestational sac within the ovary. This is a rare condition (less than 1 percent of ectopics) and needs to be differentiated from the much more common corpus luteum (see below) Abdominal and intramural ectopics are rare.   Heterotopic pregnancy   A rare condition of co-existing intrauterine and ectopic pregnancy Rare (0.6–2.5 per 10,000 pregnancies) Increased incidence in women undergoing IVF or ovulation induction If suspected sonographically, then s ...

• NCSP Sector Update – May 2023

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  ... Screening Project Expand all The Road to Rollout The Road to Rollout The transition to HPV primary screening will be achieved in a   phased approach – three phases in total -- with 26 July being the first day when HPV testing becomes Aotearoa New Zealand’s primary screening test   for cervical cancer prevention. The first phase from   late July is the Foundational Step . In this phase participants will be able to choose a self- or clinician- taken swab, or an LBC sample which will first be tested for HPV, and if HPV is detected cytology will be performed.  New clinic ...

• Yellow Fever

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  ... South America. Infection with the yellow fever virus causes varying degrees of disease, from mild symptoms to severe illness with bleeding and jaundice. There are an estimated 200,000 cases of yellow fever worldwide each year. About 15% of people infected with yellow fever develop a more severe form of the illness, and of those, up to half will die. Survival rates are improved with supportive hospital care, however there is no specific cure for yellow fever. Travellers to areas considered “at risk” can help limit the spread of the disease to vulnerable local populations by ensuring they ...

• Appendix 7: Fetal renal tract dilation charts

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  Management of fetal renal tract dilation - antenatal Management of fetal renal tract dilation - postnatal Source: National Antenatally Detected Asymptomatic Renal Dilation Consensus Group 2017. To view at source, see the  National antenatal renal dilation guidelines  on the Starship website.

• Introduction

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  The purpose of the Immunisation Handbook 2025  (the Handbook ) is to provide clinical guidelines for health professionals on the safest and most effective use of vaccines in their practice. These guidelines are based on the best scientific evidence available at the time of publication, from published and unpublished literature. The information contained within the Handbook was correct at the time of publication. This edition of the Handbook will remain current unless amended electronically via the Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora website until the next edition or update is published. Cha ...

• Recording COVID-19

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  This information is for GPs, hospital clinicians and their software industry partners. It should be used to record details of COVID-19 in the affected patient's health record. Use the SNOMED CT codes in the following table for case classification. These SNOMED concepts and terms are included in the   SNOMED CT New Zealand Edition (external link) . If your software does not yet support SNOMED, you will have to use an equivalent PMS code or ICD-10-AM code.    Concept SNOMED CT code PMS code Medtech code Profile code ICD-10-AM Confirmed COVID-19 840539006 - @MT0.02 COVID1 ...

• Ectopic pregnancy and pregnancy of unknown location

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  Ectopic pregnancy These guidelines were published in 2019 and are awaiting review, due 2022. Some content may be outdated.  Risk factors for ectopic pregnancy Previous ectopic pregnancy Known inflammatory condition, for example, pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), endometriosis IUCD IVF Previous surgery or instrumentation (eg, caesarean section, tubal ligation).   Clinical signs and symptoms Clinical diagnosis may be difficult because the symptoms and signs are often non-specific, but they will include: pain PV bleeding (vaginal bleeding) a positive pregnancy test poorly rising s ...

• Introduction

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  These guidelines were published in 2019 and are awaiting review, due 2022. Some content may be outdated. The purpose of this document is to establish detailed, quality guidelines for maternity ultrasound, as recommended by the Maternity Ultrasound Advisory Group [1]   (MUAG), to ensure that diagnostic ultrasound usage in New Zealand is clinically appropriate and uniformly of high quality. Currently, there are local variations in both ultrasound examinations and referral pathways. The ultrasound images documented in these guidelines are minimum images, and extended examination should ...