Synopsis: |
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. This book is aimed at medical, nursing and other healthcare students, and presents a summary of the technical background and the evidence-base underlying the clinical guidelines. For treatment recommendations, the companion manual should be consulted. The book should also be useful for teachers of undergraduates in paediatrics and child health, and for workers in child health as part of their initial training or continuing professional development. It focuses on the major causes of childhood mortality dealing with disease definition, burden of disease, aetiology, pathophysiology, clinical features, and management. In addition, it summarizes the evidence linking these factors to a good/poor outcome and the evidence that intervention can control the factor and/or improve the outcome.This book will be a useful companion study guide to complement undergraduate education in paediatrics in medical and nursing schools. |