Management of the child with a serious infection or severe malnutrit ion : guidelines for care at the first-referral level in developing countries. - World Health Organization. Dept. of Child and Adolescent Health a nd Development; UNICEF (Geneva : Dept. of Child and Adolescent Health and Development, Wo rld Health Organization : UNICEF, 2000)
Emergency triage assessment and treatment -- Assessment and diagnosi s -- Cough or difficult breathing -- Diarrhoea -- Fever -- Young infant s -- Severe malnutrition -- Children with HIV/AIDS -- Supportive care - - Monitoring the child's progress -- Counselling and discharge from hos pital -- [Appendices:] -- Practical procedures -- Drug dosages/regimens -- Formulas and recipes for severely malnourished children -- Assessin g nutritional status and recovery -- Toys and play therapy.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 123) and index.
Keywords: Pediatric intensive care; Critical Care -- methods -- Child; Critical Care -- methods -- Infant; Child nutrition disorders -- Therapeutics; Communicable Diseases -- Therapeutics -- Child; Communicable Diseases -- Therapeutics -- Infant; Emergency Medical Services -- methods -- Child; Emergency Medical Services -- methods -- Infant; Developing countries