Management of the Child with a Serious Infection or Severe Malnutrition - Guidelines for Care at the First-Referral Level in Developing Countries (WHO

Management of the Child with a Serious Infection or Severe Malnutrition - Guidelines for Care at the First-Referral Level in Developing Countries (WHO - OMS, 2000, 177 p.)

		(introduction...)
		Acknowledgements
		Foreword
		Stages in the management of the sick child
		Chart 1. Stages in the management of the sick child admitted to hospital: summary of key elements
		How the manual is organized
		How the manual can be used
		List of abbreviations
		Chapter 1. Emergency triage assessment and treatment
		Chapter 2. Assessment and diagnosis
		Chapter 3. Cough or difficult breathing
		Chapter 4. Diarrhoea
		Chapter 5. Fever
		Chapter 6. Young infants
		Chapter 7. Severe malnutrition
		Chapter 8. Children with HIV/AIDS
		Chapter 9. Supportive care
		Chapter 10. Monitoring the child’s progress
		Chapter 11. Counselling and discharge from hospital
		References
		APPENDIX 1: Practical procedures
		APPENDIX 2: Drug dosages/regimens
		APPENDIX 3: Formulas and recipes for severely malnourished children
		APPENDIX 4: Assessing nutritional status and recovery
		APPENDIX 5: Toys and play therapy
		Credits for illustrations
		Back cover