Bibliographic Info
GuidelineGuideline on management of pneumonia and diarrhoea in children up to 10 years of age.
Year of Publication2024
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
Status
Updated
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Very low
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