Serious childhood problems in countries with limited resources
Subtitle: background book on management of the child with a serious infection or severe malnutrition
By: [edited by Harry Campbell and Nathaniel Pierce].
Contributors: Campbell, Harry.; Pierce, N. F.; World Health Organization. Dept. of Child and Adolescent Health and Development.
Publisher: Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development, World Health Organization
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 65
Subjects: Infection in children -- Diagnosis.; Infection in children -- Treatment -- Developing countries.; Malnutrition in children -- Diagnosis.; Malnutrition in children -- Treatment -- Developing countries.; Children -- Diseases -- Diagnosis.; Children -- Diseases -- Treatment -- Developing countries.; Child Nutrition Disorders -- therapy.; Infant Nutrition Disorders -- therapy.; Communicable Diseases -- therapy.; Disease Management.; HIV Infections -- therapy.; Patient Care -- Child.; Delivery of Health Care, Integrated.; Developing Countries.; Pediatrics -- Examination Questions.
Genres: Examination Questions.
Other titles: Management of the child with a serious infection or severe malnutrition.
Notes: "This book - part of a series of documents and tools supporting the IMCI (Integrated Management of Childhood Illness) strategy - has been prepared as a companion to the WHO manual entitled "Management of the Child with a Serious Infection or Severe Malnutrition: Guidelines for Care at the First-Referral Level in Developing Countries"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Also available on the Internet.
Table of contents: Introduction; Emergency triage, assessment and treatment (ETAT); Cough or difficult breathing; Diarrhoea; Malaria; Meningitis; Measles; Infections in young infants; Severe malnutrition; Children with HIV/AIDS; Supportive care; Monitoring progress of the sick child; Counselling and discharge from hospital.