Management of the child with a serious infection or severe malnutrition : guidelines for care at the first-referral level in developing countries.
World Health Organization.Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development.
Geneva : World Health Organization,
2000.
"This manual is part of a series of documents and tools that support the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)."--Foreword.
Includes index.
WHO document: WHO/FCH/CAH/00.1 - Dist: General - Original: Eng.
"This manual is part of a series of documents and tools that support the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)."--Foreword.
Emergency triage assessment and treatment -- Assessment and diagnosis -- Cough or difficult breathing -- Diarrhoea -- Fever -- Young infants -- Severe malnutrition -- Children with HIV/AIDS -- Supportive care -- Monitoring the child's progress -- Counselling and discharge from hospital -- [Appendices:] -- Practical procedures -- Drug dosages/regimens -- Formulas and recipes for severely malnourished children -- Assessing nutritional status and recovery -- Toys and play therapy.
Communicable Diseases
Child Nutrition Disorders
Diarrhea, Infantile
Respiratory Tract Infections
Fever.
HIV Infections
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated.
Developing Countries.
Infant.
Child.