Technical notes: Special Considerations for Programming in Unstable Situations (UNICEF, 2000, 490 p.): Chapter 2 - Annex 1: Therapy for Severe Malnutrition: Introduction: Laboratory tests

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Technical notes: Special Considerations for Programming in Unstable Situations (UNICEF, 2000, 490 p.)

Chapter 2 - Annex 1: Therapy for Severe Malnutrition

Introduction

		(introduction...)
		Treatment facilities
		TFC monitoring and evaluation
		Evaluation of the malnourished child
		Nutritional status and admission criteria
		History and examination
		Laboratory tests
		Initial treatment
		Principles of management
		Hypoglycaemia
		Hypothermia
		Dehydration and septic shock
		Dietary treatment
		Other problems
		Rehabilitation
		Principles of management
		Nutritional rehabilitation
		Training parents and caretakers
		Discharge
		Follow-up after discharge

Laboratory tests

Where facilities permit, the tests given in Panel 6 may help to diagnose specific problems. They are not needed, however, to guide or monitor treatment. The interpretation of test results is frequently altered by malnutrition. For this reason, laboratory tests may misguide inexperienced workers. The most important guide to treatment is frequent careful assessment of the child.