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Guideline

Guideline on management of pneumonia and diarrhoea in children up to 10 years of age.

Year of Publication
2024
Issuing Institution
World Health Organization
Links
WHO IRIS

Recommendations

11 included recommendations

In children 2–59 months of age with chest indrawing (with or without fast breathing) and no danger sign (not able to drink or breastfeed, or vomits everything, or has had convulsions, or is lethargic or unconscious, or stridor or hypoxaemia) in settings with functional community health worker (CHW) programmes, WHO suggests the use of community-based care (oral amoxicillin for five days with follow-up visits) rather than standard care (first dose of antibiotics [oral amoxicillin] given by a CHW and referral to a health facility for further management)

Status
Updated

Recommended in favor

Conditional

In settings where pulse oximetry is not available, in children 2–59 months of age diagnosed with pneumonia (fast breathing or chest indrawing, without danger sign- not able to drink or breastfeed, or vomits everything, or has had convulsions, or is lethargic or unconscious, or stridor or hypoxaemia-), WHO suggests evaluation of respiratory distress using a combination of signs and symptoms (head nodding or nasal flaring or grunting or severe tachypnoea (respiratory rate ≥20 breaths per minute above the age-specific cutoff) to detect hypoxaemia

Status
Updated

Recommended in favor

Conditional

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