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Useful Management Information
- No useful management information
Minimum Referral Criteria
Does your patient meet the minimum referral criteria?
Category 1 (appointment within 30 calendar days) |
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Category 2 (appointment within 90 calendar days) |
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Category 3 (appointment within 365 calendar days) |
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If your patient does not meet the minimum referral criteria
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Essential Referral Information
- Presence of comorbid conditions
- List of medications
- BP records (if available)
- Serial ELFTs including urea and creatinine results
- FBC
- Urine protein creatinine ratio (PCR) (ideally early morning sample)
- Urine midstream M/C/S (including testing for red cell morphology and casts preferable)
- Ultrasound (kidney, ureters & bladder) and any other available renal imaging results
Additional Referral Information
- Timeline of symptoms
- Presence or absence of oedema
- Other supportive investigative tests as indicated including:
- If significant proteinuria present, include ANCA, ANA, ENA & anti DNA Abs, C3/C4 and Hepatitis B/C serology
- If myeloma is suspected, include, paraprotein testing eg FLC, SEPP, BJP
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Preferred Method
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Send to: Gold Coast Health Service District
Internal Referrals
Paediatric Medicine (E-Blueslips)
Fax
(07) 5687 4497
Post
Paediatric Referral Centre
Gold Coast University Hospital
1 Hospital Boulevard
Southport QLD 4215
Enquiries
1300 744 284
Service Availability
Dr Susan Moloney
Facilities
Gold Coast University Hospital
If you would like to send a named referral, please address it to the specialist listed above, who will allocate a suitably qualified specialist to see the patient. Alternatively, you can view a full list of our specialists.
Child Safety
If you have a reason to suspect a child in Queensland is experiencing harm, or is at risk of experiencing harm, contact Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Services . Please consider if mandatory reporting applies.