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Title: Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children Translate this documentRecommend this page : WHO Global Influenza Programme on Facebook
Pages: 398; 
Description: The guidelines contains the following topics: Triage and emergency conditions; Diagnostic approach to the sick child; Problems of the neonate and young infants; Cough or difficulty breathing; Diarrhoea; Fever; Severe malnutrition; Children with HIV/AIDS; Common surgical problems; Supportive care; Monitoring the child's progress; and, counselling and discharge from hospital.
Abstract: This pocket book is for use by doctors, senior nurses and other senior health workers who are responsible for the care of young children at the first referral level in developing countries. It presents up-to-date clinical guidelines which are based on a review of the available published evidence by subject experts, for both inpatient and outpatient care in small hospitals where basic laboratory facilities and essential drugs and inexpensive medicines are available. In some settings, these guidelines can be used in the larger health centres where a small number of sick children can be admitted for inpatient care.
Subjects: Patient care and safety