Management of the child with a serious infection or severe malnutrition
Subtitle: guidelines for care at the first-referral level in developing countries.
Contributors: World Health Organization. Dept. of Child and Adolescent Health and Development.; UNICEF.
Publisher: Dept. of Child and Adolescent Health and Development, World Health Organization; UNICEF
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Pediatric intensive care.; Critical Care -- methods -- Child.; Critical Care -- methods -- Infant.; Child Nutrition Disorders -- therapy.; Communicable Diseases -- therapy -- Child.; Communicable Diseases -- therapy -- Infant.; Developing Countries.; Emergency Medical Services -- methods -- Child.; Emergency Medical Services -- methods -- Infant.
Other titles: Integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 123) and index.
Table of contents: title: Emergency triage assessment and treatment; title: Assessment and diagnosis; title: Cough or difficult breathing; title: Diarrhoea; title: Fever; title: Young infants; title: Severe malnutrition; title: Children with HIV/AIDS; title: Supportive care; title: Monitoring the child's progress; title: Counselling and discharge from hospital; title: [Appendices:]; title: Practical procedures; title: Drug dosages/regimens; title: Formulas and recipes for severely malnourished children; title: Assessing nutritional status and recovery; title: Toys and play therapy.