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Serious childhood problems in countries with limited resources : background book on management of the child with a serious infection or severe malnutrition

Title
Serious childhood problems in countries with limited resources : background book on management of the child with a serious infection or severe malnutrition / [edited by Harry Campbell and Nathaniel Pierce].
Publication
Geneva : Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development, World Health Organization, 2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Campbell, Harry.
  • Pierce, N. F. (Nathaniel F.)
  • World Health Organization. Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development.
Description
v, 65 pages : illustrations; 30 cm
Uniform Title
Management of the child with a serious infection or severe malnutrition.
Subject
  • Infection in children > Diagnosis
  • Infection in children > Treatment > Developing countries
  • Malnutrition in children > Diagnosis
  • Malnutrition in children > Treatment > Developing countries
  • Children > Diagnosis
  • Children > 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
Genre/Form
  • Examination Questions.
  • Practice Guideline.
Note
  • "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.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available on the Internet.
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.
ISBN
9241562692
OCLC
  • ocm56774389
  • SCSB-5080982
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries