Management of the child with a serious infection or severe malnutrition : guidelines for care at the first-referral level in developing countries. - Geneva : Dept. of Child and Adolescent Health and Development, World Health Organization :;UNICEF, c2003. - xiii, 162 p. : ill. 30 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 123) and index.

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.

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Child
Child Nutrition Disorders
Communicable Diseases
Critical Care
Developing Countries

WS 366 / .M36 2003