Pocket book of hospital care for children : guidelines for the management of common childhood illnesses / World Health Organization.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

World Health Organization, issuing body.

Series:

Nonserial Publication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pediatrics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Pediatrics.

Child care--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Child care.

Hospitals--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Hospitals.

Pediatrics--methods.

Child, Hospitalized.

Developing Countries.

Medical Subjects:

Pediatrics--methods.

Child, Hospitalized.

Developing Countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (442 p.)

Edition:

Second edition, 2013 edition.

Place of Publication:

Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Pocket Book is for use by doctors nurses and other health workers who are responsible for the care of young children at the first level referral hospitals. This second edition is based on evidence from several WHO updated and published clinical guidelines. It is for use in both inpatient and outpatient care in small hospitals with basic laboratory facilities and essential medicines. In some settings these guidelines can be used in any facilities where sick children are admitted for inpatient care. The Pocket Book is one of a series of documents and tools that support the Integrated Managem

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chart 1: Stages in the management of a sick child admitted to hospital: key elements; 1. TRIAGE AND EMERGENCY CONDITIONS; 1.1 Triage; 1.2 Summary of steps in emergency triage assessment and treatment; 1.3 Assessment of emergency and priority signs; Triage of all sick children; How to manage a choking infant or child; How to manage the airway in a child with obstructed breathing; How to give oxygen; How to position the unconscious Child; Give IV fluids for shock in a child without severe acute malnutrition

Give IV fluids for shock in a child with severe acute malnutritionGive diazepam rectally; Give IV glucose; Treat severe dehydration in an emergency setting; 1.4 Emergency treatment for a child with severe malnutrition; 1.5 Diagnostic considerations for children with emergency conditions; 1.5.1 Child presenting with an airway or severe breathing problem; 1.5.2 Child presenting with shock; 1.5.3 Child presenting with lethargy, unconsciousness or convulsions; 1.6 Common poisoning; 1.6.1 Principles for ingested poisons; 1.6.2 Principles for poisons in contact with skin or eyes

1.6.3 Principles for inhaled poisons1.6.4 Specific poisons; 1.6.5 Prevention of poisoning; 1.7 Drowning; 1.8 Electrocution; 1.9 Common causes of envenoming; 1.9.1 Snake bite; 1.9.2 Scorpion sting; 1.9.3 Other sources of envenoming; 1.10 Trauma and injuries; 1.10.1 Primary survey or initial assessment; 1.10.2 Secondary survey; 2. DIAGNOSTIC APPROACHES TO THE SICK CHILD; 2.1 Relationship to the IMCI approach and stages of hospital care; 2.2 Taking history; 2.3 Approach to the sick child and clinical examination; 2.4 Laboratory investigations; 2.5 Differential diagnoses

3. PROBLEMS OF THE NEONATE AND YOUNG INFANT3.1 Essential newborn care at delivery; 3.2 Neonatal resuscitation; 3.2.1 Post resuscitation care; 3.2.2 Cessation of resuscitation; 3.3 Routine care for all newborns after delivery; 3.4 Prevention of neonatal infections; 3.5 Management of the infant with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy; 3.6 Danger signs in newborns and young infants; 3.7 Convulsions or fits; 3.8 Serious bacterial infection; 3.9 Meningitis; 3.10 Supportive care for sick neonates; 3.10.1 Thermal environment; 3.10.2 Fluid management; 3.10.3 Oxygen therapy; 3.10.4 High fever

3.11 Preterm and low-birth-weight infants3.11.1 Infants with a birth weight of 2.0-2.5 kg (35-36 weeks' gestation); 3.11.2 Infants with a birth weight < 2.0 kg (< 35 weeks' gestation); 3.11.3 Common problems of low-birth-weight infants; 3.11.4 Discharge and follow-up of low-birth-weight infants; 3.12 Other common neonatal problems; 3.12.1 Jaundice; 3.12.2 Conjunctivitis; 3.12.3 Congenital malformations; 3.13 Infants of mothers with infectious diseases; 3.13.1 Congenital syphilis; 3.13.2 Infants of mothers with tuberculosis; 3.13.3 Infants of mothers with HIV infection

3.14 Doses of common drugs for neonates and low-birth-weight infants

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

92-4-069173-1

OCLC:

872686376